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Jyutping san1 syun1
Pinyin xīn suān

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. pungent (taste)
  2. bitter
  3. fig. sad
  4. miserable
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. (noun) Hardships
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    痛苦​、​傷心
    sad; bitter; miserable
    • 辛酸史
      辛酸史
      san1 syun1 si2
      bitter experience
    • 單親媽媽嘅辛酸
      单亲妈妈嘅辛酸
      daan1 can1 maa4 maa1 ge3 san1 syun1
      miserable life of a single mother
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj, figuratively
    bitter
  2. noun, figuratively
    hardship; pain and suffering; cruelty
  3. noun
    caprylic acid
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #4618
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    辛酸
    辛酸
    san1 syun1
    • suffering
  2. Cantonese
    阿松喺度诉说佢喺监仓𠮶度嘅辛酸经历。
    阿松喺度訴説佢喺監倉嗰度嘅辛酸經歷。
    aa3 cung4 hai2 dou6 sou3 syut3 keoi5 hai2 gaam1 cong1 go2 dou6 ge3 san1 syun1 ging1 lik6.
    • A-chung is sharing his suffering at the jail.
  3. Cantonese
    辛酸史
    辛酸史
    san1 syun1 si2
    • bitter experience
  4. Cantonese
    单亲妈妈嘅辛酸
    單親媽媽嘅辛酸
    daan1 can1 maa4 maa1 ge3 san1 syun1
    • miserable life of a single mother
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    尝尽辛酸
    嘗盡辛酸
    cháng jìn xīn suān
    • to experience all kinds of hardship
  2. Mandarin
    辛酸
    辛酸
    xīn suān
    • bitter
  3. Mandarin
    可惜,这是个真实的世界,真实的世界里有普通人,有拥挤和喧嚣,有辛酸及无奈,唯独没有童话般的不食人间烟火的爱情。
    可惜,這是個真實的世界,真實的世界裏有普通人,有擁擠和喧囂,有辛酸及無奈,唯獨沒有童話般的不食人間煙火的愛情。
    kě xī , zhè shì ge zhēn shí de shì jiè , zhēn shí de shì jiè lǐ yǒu pǔ tōng rén , yǒu yōng jǐ hé xuān xiāo , yǒu xīn suān jí wú nài , wéi dú méi yǒu tóng huà bān de bù shí rén jiān yān huǒ de ài qíng .
    • Unfortunately, this is the real world; the real world that contains normal people. The real world is crowded and noisy, and is filled with bitterness and compromise. Only there's no such thing as the other-worldly romantic love that you read about in fairy-tales.