Common Meanings
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xīn辛
Spicy; pungent (referring to a strong, piquant taste or smell).
这道菜的味道有点辛辣。
The taste of this dish is a bit spicy.
Laborious; difficult; toilsome.
经过一年的辛勤工作，他终于实现了自己的目标。
After a year of diligent work, he finally achieved his goal.
Refers to a bitter or sad feeling; poignant.
他回顾往事，心中充满辛酸
He looked back at the past, his heart filled with bitterness and sadness.
The eighth of the Heavenly Stems, used as a prefix to denote the eighth in a sequence, often in historical or calendrical contexts.
辛丑年对于农业来说是一个丰收的年份。
The Xinchou year was a bountiful year for agriculture.