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The Cantonese word san fu - 辛苦 - san1 fu2
(hard in Cantonese)





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Romanization (Jyutping)

san1 fu2

English translations

hard, to work hard,
toilsome, painstaking

Chinese characters:

辛苦
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辛苦 (san1 fu2) is composed of these characters: 辛, 苦
The traditional Chinese characters of san1 fu2 are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

toilsome  |  bitter
辛苦 ( san fu / san1 fu2 ) belongs to the 1000 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 957)
More words that mean hard in Cantonese
gong1 ( 刚 ), kwan3 naan4 ( 困难 ), ngaang6 ( 硬 ), nou5 lik6 ( 努力 )

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