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艱

jiān

difficult, hard; distressing

Strokes
17
Radical
艮
HSK
—
Tone
1

Simplified form: 艰

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Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 艰, the simplified form of 艱. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 生活很艰苦。

    Shēng huó hěn jiān kǔ

    Life has been very hard.

  • 这是个很艰难的斗争。

    Zhè shì gè hěn jiān nán de dòu zhēng

    It was an uphill struggle.

  • 这个月我过得有点艰难。

    Zhè ge yuè wǒ guò de yǒu diǎn jiān nán

    This month was kind of difficult.

  • 自此之后，他过着艰难的生活。

    Zì cǐ zhī hòu tā guo zhe jiān nán de shēng huó

    Since then, he lives a tough life.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 艰

  • 艰难jiān nán 1–2 difficult; hard; challenging
  • 艰苦jiān kǔ 1–3 difficult; hard; arduous
  • 艰巨jiān jù 1–4 arduous; terrible (task); very difficult; formidable
  • 艰辛jiān xīn 1–1 hardships; arduous; difficult
  • 艰苦奋斗jiān kǔ fèn dòu 1–3–4–4to struggle arduously
  • 艰险jiān xiǎn 1–3 difficult and dangerous; hardships and perils