辛 (xīn) — pungent; spicy; hot in taste; hardworking; industrious; painful; bitter
Definition
A bound literary morpheme: 辛 refers to a hot/pungent taste (as in 辛辣) or to hardship and suffering (as in 艰辛, 辛苦). It almost never stands alone — pair it with 辣, 苦, or 勤 to form common words.
bound form
pungentspicyhot in tastehardworkingindustriouspainfulbitter
Examples
- 。xīn Là de shí wù ràng rén liú lèi.Spicy food makes people cry.
- 。Tā xīn qín gōng zuò le shí nián.He worked industriously for ten years.
- ，。Huí yì qǐ nà duàn xīn suān wǎng shì, tā rěn bú zhù kū le.Recalling those bitter memories, he couldn't help crying.
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