susah-payah

Word tier 3

Meanings

Examples

  • Ibu bapa sanggup menanggung segala susah-payah demi masa depan anak-anak.B2

    Parents are willing to endure all the great effort for the sake of their children's future.

  • Segala susah-payah kamu belajar akhirnya membuahkan hasil.B1

    All the hard work you put into studying finally bore fruit.

Word family

susah-payahgreat effort and toil involved in completing a task

Other family forms

  • susahdifficult
  • sesusahse-as difficult as
  • susahkan-kanto make something difficult or complicated
  • susahlah-lahused to emphasize that something is difficult or hard to do
  • susahnya-nyathe state of being difficult or hard
  • susah-susahR fullto go to the trouble or bother oneself
  • disusahkandi-root-kanto be made difficult, complicated, or more complex
  • kesusahanke-root-anhardship or difficulty encountered in life or a task
  • menyusahkanmeN-root-kanto make something difficult or complicated
  • bersusah-susahbeR-R partialto experience hardship or struggle in order to achieve something

All examples

great effort and toil involved in completing a taskNoun

  • Ibu bapa sanggup menanggung segala susah-payah demi masa depan anak-anak.B2

    Parents are willing to endure all the great effort for the sake of their children's future.

  • Segala susah-payah kamu belajar akhirnya membuahkan hasil.B1

    All the hard work you put into studying finally bore fruit.

  • Kejayaan ini adalah hasil susah-payah kita bersama selama ini.B1

    This success is the result of our collective great effort all this while.

  • Projek mega ini akhirnya berjaya disiapkan setelah bertahun-tahun susah-payah para jurutera.B2

    This mega project was finally successfully completed after years of the engineers' great effort.

hardships or difficulties encountered in lifeNoun

  • Kita tidak boleh melupakan susah-payah para pejuang kemerdekaan negara.C1

    We must not forget the hardships of the country's independence fighters.

  • Kita perlu tabah menghadapi segala susah-payah dalam hidup.B1

    We need to be resilient in facing all the hardships in life.

  • Generasi muda perlu menghargai keamanan negara tanpa perlu merasai susah-payah peperangan.C1

    The younger generation needs to appreciate the country's peace without having to experience the hardships of war.

performing an action with much struggle or painstakinglyAdv

  • Dia susah-payah mendaki bukit itu untuk melihat pemandangan matahari terbenam.B2

    He painstakingly climbed the hill to see the sunset view.

  • Dia susah-payah mencari rezeki untuk menyara keluarganya yang besar.B2

    He struggled to earn a living to support his large family.

  • Wanita tua itu susah-payah berjalan kaki ke pasar setiap pagi.B2

    The old woman painstakingly walked to the market every morning.

  • Pakar bedah itu susah-payah menjahit luka yang halus itu dengan penuh teliti.C1

    The surgeon painstakingly stitched that fine wound with great care.

  • Pelajar itu susah-payah mengulang kaji pelajaran sehingga lewat malam demi peperiksaan akhir.B1

    The student struggled to revise his lessons until late at night for the final exam.

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