khổ
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
Adjective:
- Unhappy; miserable; suffering: Describes a state of physical hardship, emotional distress, or severe poverty.
- Wretched; pitiful: Describes something of very poor quality or in a lamentable condition.
Noun:
- Width; size (of fabric, paper, etc.): Refers to the standard horizontal measurement of a roll or sheet of material.
- Stanza; verse: In poetry or music, refers to a distinct, structured section or unit.
- Suffering; hardship: Refers to the state or experience of pain, misery, or difficulty itself.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Cuộc sống của họ trước đây rất khổ. (Their life before was very hard/miserable.)
- Chiếc xe khổ quá, không thể sửa được. (That bicycle is too wretched, it can't be repaired.)
- Noun:
- Tôi cần mua vải khổ rộng. (I need to buy fabric of a wide width.)
- Bài hát này có ba khổ. (This song has three verses.)
- Anh ấy đã trải qua nhiều khổ đau. (He has endured much suffering.)
Advanced Usage
- "khổ sở": (adjective) distressed, tormented; describes a state of deep physical or mental discomfort.
- Cô ấy khổ sở vì bệnh tật. (She is distressed due to illness.)
- "khổ hạnh": (noun) asceticism; the practice of severe self-discipline for religious reasons.
- Nhà sư sống đời sống khổ hạnh. (The monk lives an ascetic life.)
Variants and Related Words
- Cực khổ (adj): extremely hard, arduous; describes intense hardship.
- Công việc cực khổ nhưng thu nhập thấp. (The work is arduous but the income is low.)
- Khổ đau (n/adj): pain, sorrow; suffering.
- Không ai muốn khổ đau. (No one wants suffering.)
- Khổ giấy (n): paper size.
- Văn phòng dùng khổ giấy A4. (The office uses A4 paper size.)
Synonyms
- Adjective: Miserable, wretched, hard, difficult, pitiful.
- Noun: Width, dimension, stanza, verse, suffering, hardship, distress.
Related Idioms
- Khổ tâm: to be worried sick, to be deeply troubled in mind.
- Chuyện của con khiến mẹ khổ tâm. (The child's matter makes the mother worried sick.)
- Khổ nạn: calamity, tribulation; a period of great suffering.
- Vùng đó thường xuyên chịu khổ nạn vì thiên tai. (That area often endures calamity due to natural disasters.)
- Khổ trước sướng sau: Suffer first, enjoy later (equivalent to "No pain, no gain").
- Hãy cố gắng, khổ trước sướng sau. (Keep trying, suffer first and enjoy later.)
noun
- width; size