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辛 (san1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

辛 (san1, xīn) — (of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious; suffering; eighth in order; eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干shítiāngān [十天干]; letter "H" or roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; octa; a surname; bitter in taste; bitter in experience; hardworking; miserables

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 辛苦搵嚟自在食 (san1 fu2 wan3 lai4 zi6 zoi6 sik6) — working hard for survival (slang)
• 辛酸 (san1 syun1) — (noun) Hardships
• 辛勞 (san1 lou4) — (adjective) Hard-working
• 辛苦搵嚟志在食 (san1 fu2 wan2 lei4 zi3 zoi6 sik6) — one works hard so that one can eat better [colloquial]
• 辛丑 (san1 cau2) — thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021; cf 辛丑條約|辛丑条约, Pr…
• 辛丑條約 (san1 cau2 tiu4 joek3) — Boxer Protocol of 1901 signed in Beijing, ending the Eight-power Allied Force i…

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