Chinese symbol for “painstakingly”
辛辛苦苦
xīn xīn kǔ kǔ
painstakingly; with great trouble
The closest CC-CEDICT match for painstakingly is 辛辛苦苦 (xīn xīn kǔ kǔ), defined as: painstakingly; with great trouble.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “painstakingly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 苦 | kǔ | bitter; hardship |
| 刻意 | kè yì | intentionally; deliberately; purposely; painstakingly; meticulously |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 辛辛苦苦.
| 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) |
| 辛劳 (辛勞) | xīn láo | laborious |
| 痛苦 | tòng kǔ | pain; suffering |
| 苦难 (苦難) | kǔ nàn | suffering |
| 艰苦 (艱苦) | jiān kǔ | difficult; hard |
| 苦恼 (苦惱) | kǔ nǎo | vexed; distressed |
See also: Japanese symbol for “painstakingly”.
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.