苦水 Chinese English dictionary 苦水 translate 苦水 pinyin

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苦水

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Traditional Pīnyīn		English Definition	Simplified HSK
苦水 kǔshuǐ	苦水 \| 苦水* \| *苦水	bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates) / suffering / digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth / fig. bitter complaint

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
苦	苦 \| 苦* \| *苦	8画艸艹 + 5	kǔ, gǔ	bitter; hardship, suffering	fu2	4460.4 TJR


水	水 \| 水* \| *水	4画水氵氺 + 0	shuǐ	water, liquid, lotion, juice	seoi2	1223.0 E

Word decomposition:

Traditional		English Definition
苦水 kǔshuǐ	苦水 \| 苦水* \| *苦水	bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates) / suffering / digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth / fig. bitter complaint


苦 kǔ	苦 \| 苦* \| *苦	bitter / hardship / pain / to suffer / to bring suffering to / painstakingly


水　Shuǐ	水 \| 水* \| *水	surname Shui / Shui ethnic group


水　shuǐ	水 \| 水* \| *水	water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水｜会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment