辛 (san1) — pungent; hot (in flavour); acrid in Cantonese
sanˉ¹辛Mandarin Pinyin: xin1
Meaning of 辛
nounpungent; hot (in flavour); acrid
nouna Chinese family name
nouneighth of the ten Heavenly Stems
nounsad; miserable
nounhard; laborious
Example Sentences with 辛
我係非常贊同辛苦搵嚟自在食嘅講法,何必委屈自己
I agree with the saying that one should work hard and play hard. Why treat yourself so badly?
paauˊ²刨dungˉ¹冬gwaaˉ¹瓜houˊ²好sanˉ¹辛fu2.苦。
Peeling winter melon is tiring.
zouˍ₆做gaau˗₃交yikˍ₆易zeˊ²者houˊ²好sanˉ¹辛fuˊ²苦
Being a trader is very hard.
diˉ¹啲manˎ₄民gungˉ¹工houˊ²好sanˉ¹辛fu2.苦。
The migrant workers are very hardworking/suffering.
fong˗₃放mukˍ₆牧haiˍ₆係houˊ²好sanˉ¹辛fu2.苦。
Herding is very tough.
Words Containing 辛
勞力辛苦lou4 lik6 san1 fu2
hard working
攞苦嚟辛lo2 fu2 lei4/lai4 san1
搵苦嚟辛
辛酸san1 syun1
bitter, sad
奧斯威辛集中營ou3 si1 wai1 san1 zaap6 zung1 jing4
Auschwitz concentration camp
辛勞san1 lou4
laborious, painstaking
含辛茹苦ham4 san1 jyu4 fu2
endure all kinds of hardships; put up with hardships
辛苦晒san1 fu2 saai3
sorry to cause you so much trouble
艱辛gaan1 san1
hardships; arduous; difficult
辛勤san1 kan4
hardworking; industrious
千辛萬苦cin1 san1 maan6 fu2
countless/untold/innumerable hardships
辛苦san1 fu2
difficult; laborious
辛亥革命san1 hoi6 gaak3 ming6
Hsinhai Revolution, the Revolution of 1911 that culminated in the fall of the Ch'ing Dynasty (清朝) and the establishment of the Republic of China (中華民國) shortly afterwards
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