| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 不辭辛苦 | 不辞辛苦 | bù cí xīn kǔ | make nothing of hardships |
| 吃苦 | chī kǔ | to bear; hardships | |
| 吃苦頭 | 吃苦头 | chī kǔ tou | suffer |
| 愁眉苦臉 | 愁眉苦脸 | chóu méi kǔ liǎn | frown |
| 甘苦 | gān kǔ | (n) good times and bad times; trial and tribulations | |
| 何苦 | hé kǔ | why bother | |
| 艱苦 | 艰苦 | jiān kù | difficult; hard; arduous |
| 刻苦 | kè kǔ | hardworking; assiduous | |
| 苦 | kǔ | bitter; intensely; miserable; painful | |
| 苦瓜 | kǔ guā | bitter melon | |
| 苦境 | kǔ jìng | grievance; dire straits | |
| 苦難 | 苦难 | kǔ nàn | (n) suffering |
| 苦惱 | 苦恼 | kǔ nǎo | ail; annoy; distress; vexation; distressed; to be in misery |
| 苦杏仁苷 | kǔ xìng rén gān | amygdalin | |
| 困苦 | kùn kǔ | (adj) poor; miserable | |
| 氯化苦 | lǜ huà kǔ | chloropicrin | |
| 貧苦 | 贫苦 | pín kǔ | poverty-stricken; poor |
| 窮苦 | 穷苦 | qióng kǔ | (adj) impovished; destitute |
| 受苦 | shòu kǔ | suffer | |
| 訴苦 | 诉苦 | sù kǔ | grumble |
| 痛苦 | tòng kǔ | pain; suffering; painful | |
| 萬分痛苦 | 万分痛苦 | wàn fēn tòng kǔ | excruciating |
| 辛苦 | xīn kǔ | hard; exhausting; with much toil |
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