苦楚

kǔchǔ ㄎㄨˇ ㄔㄨˇ

    • suffering
    • misery
    • pain (esp. psychological)

Character by character

Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms 近义词

  • 痛楚 tòngchǔ
    • 痛楚万分 extreme anguish
    • 内心痛楚 inner anguish
  • 痛苦 tòngkǔ
    • 痛苦的回忆 a painful memory
    • 悲伤痛苦 sad and anguished

Telling them apart

苦楚 is literary and mostly refers to the suffering caused by hardship and blows in life. 痛楚 is also literary and refers to pain, physical or mental. 痛苦 is the general everyday word and fits suffering of any kind, in life, body or mind.

Other words read kǔchǔ

kuchu with other tones

Other words read kǔchǔ

kuchu with other tones

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