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難

nán

difficult, arduous, hard; unable

Strokes
19
Radical
隹
HSK
—
Tone
2

Simplified form: 难

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 难, the simplified form of 難. 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

  • 这很难。

    Zhè hěn nán

    This is difficult.

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  • 我很难过。

    Wǒ hěn nán guò

    I'm sad.

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  • 那不难，是吧？

    Nà bù nán shì ba

    That wasn't so hard, was it?

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  • 太难了。

    Tài nán le

    It's so hard.

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

Words containing 难

  • 难nán 2difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
  • 难过nán guò 2–4 to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult
  • 难受nán shòu 2–4 to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear
  • 难题nán tí 2–2 difficult problem
  • 难看nán kàn 2–4 ugly; unsightly
  • 难听nán tīng 2–1 unpleasant to hear; coarse; vulgar; offensive; shameful
  • 困难kùn nan 4–5difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation
  • 难道nán dào 2–4 don't tell me ...; could it be that...?
  • 难度nán dù 2–4 degree of difficulty
  • 难免nán miǎn 2–3 hard to avoid; difficult to escape from; will inevitably
  • 难以nán yǐ 2–3 hard to (predict, imagine etc)
  • 艰难jiān nán 1–2 difficult; hard; challenging