HSK 5 grammar · pattern
够…的
够…的 — really quite (trying)
Pattern
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How it works
够…的 frames an adjective or verb to say a quality reaches a notable, usually trying, degree: "really quite / rather." It often expresses sympathy or complaint about something hard to bear.
Examples
这么远的路，你一个人走，也真够累的。
Zhème yuǎn de lù, nǐ yí ge rén zǒu, yě zhēn gòu lèi de.
Walking such a long way by yourself — that's really quite tiring.
他一个人带三个孩子，也够辛苦的。
Tā yí ge rén dài sān ge háizi, yě gòu xīnkǔ de.
Raising three kids on his own is really rather hard on him.
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See it in a story
In the app, 够…的 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.