| 坎坷 | kǎn kě | (of a road) bumpy / (of life) rough / to be down on one's luck / to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes |   |
| 坑坑洼洼 | kēng keng wā wā | bumpy / full of potholes | |
| 磕磕绊绊 | kē ke bàn bàn | bumpy (of a road) / limping (of a person) | |
| 凹凸不平 | āo tū bù píng | uneven (surface) / bumpy (road) | |
| 凹凸不平 | āo tū - bù píng | (idiom) uneven (surface) / bumpy (road) | |
| 疣状 | yóu zhuàng | warty / bumpy / wart-shaped | |
| 轗轲 | kǎn kě | variant of 坎坷[kan3 ke3] / bumpy (of a road) / rough (of life) | |
| 坑坑洼洼 | kēng keng - wā wā | full of pits and hollows / bumpy | |
| 颠簸 | diān bǒ | to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence) / (fig.) to undergo a rough experience | |
| 坎坷不平 | kǎn kě bù píng | potholed and bumpy road (idiom) / fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes | |
