Chinese symbol for “laborious”
辛劳
xīn láo
Traditional: 辛勞
laborious
The closest CC-CEDICT match for laborious is 辛劳 (xīn láo), defined as: laborious.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “laborious”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辛 | xīn | (of taste) hot or pungent; hard |
| 吃力 | chī lì | to entail strenuous effort; to toil at a task |
| 笨重 | bèn zhòng | heavy; cumbersome; unwieldy; laborious; arduous |
| 勚 (勩) | yì | (literary) toilsome; laborious |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 辛劳.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辛苦 | xīn kǔ | exhausting; hard |
| 艰辛 (艱辛) | jiān xīn | hardships; arduous |
| 辛勤 | xīn qín | hardworking; industrious |
| 辛辣 | xīn là | spicy hot (taste); fig. biting (criticism) |
| 辛辛苦苦 | xīn xīn kǔ kǔ | painstakingly; with great trouble |
| 劳动 (勞動) | láo dòng | work; toil |
| 劳动力 (勞動力) | láo dòng lì | labor force; manpower |
| 劳工 (勞工) | láo gōng | labor; laborer |
See also: Japanese symbol for “laborious”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.