苦头 (苦頭) gōngtou
gōngtou
noun
suffering
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: An example of a word that includes the nominal suffix 头 'head' (Sun 2006, loc. 714)
Contained in
- 吃苦头(吃苦頭) to suffer; to suffer for one's actions; to pay dearly; to burn one's fingers
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷五 本紀第五: 高宗下 Volume 5 Annals 5: Gaozong 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 2
- 卷二十九 魏書二十九 方技傳 Volume 29: Book of Wei 29 - Biographies of fangshis and artisans Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 2
- 卷二十一 魏書二十一 王衛二劉傅傳 Volume 21: Book of Wei 21 - Biographies of Wang, Wei, and the two Lius Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 1
- 卷七十三 列傳第六十三 孝義上 Volume 73 Biographies 63: Filial Acts 1 History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 1
Collocations
- 苦头风 (苦頭風) 操积苦头风眩 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八十二下 方術列傳 Volume 82b: Biographies of Alchemists 2 — count: 3
- 苦头重 (苦頭重) 上苦頭重不可忍 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷五 本紀第五: 高宗下 Volume 5 Annals 5: Gaozong 2 — count: 2