苦
Pinyin: kǔ
bitter
Example sentence
这个药有点苦。
Zhège yào yǒudiǎn kǔ.
This medicine is a bit bitter.
What 苦 means
苦 (kǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “bitter”. It belongs to the Describing Words topic and appears at HSK 4, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.