难题

Character by character

• 难nán10 strokesHSK 1 traditional 難difficult, arduous, hard; unable
• 题tí15 strokesHSK 2 traditional 題forehead; title, headline; theme

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 难题. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 问题wèn tíHSK 2

  question; problem; issue; topic

• 难nánHSK 1

  difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good

• 困难kùn nanHSK 3

  difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation

• 难道nán dàoHSK 3

  don't tell me ...; could it be that...?

• 难以nán yǐHSK 5

  hard to (predict, imagine etc)

• 主题zhǔ tíHSK 4

  theme; subject

• 话题huà tíHSK 3

  subject (of a talk or conversation); topic

• 题tíHSK 2

  topic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe; to mention

• 难过nán guòHSK 2

  to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult

• 艰难jiān nánHSK 5

  difficult; hard; challenging

• 难受nán shòuHSK 2

  to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear

• 难度nán dùHSK 3

  degree of difficulty

• 灾难zāi nànHSK 5

  disaster; catastrophe

• 难得nán déHSK 5

  seldom; rare; hard to come by

• 难怪nán guàiHSK 7

  (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that)

• 难忘nán wàngHSK 6

  unforgettable

• 题目tí mùHSK 3

  subject; title; topic

• 为难wéi nánHSK 5

  to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage)

• 题材tí cáiHSK 5

  subject matter

• 难免nán miǎnHSK 4

  hard to avoid; difficult to escape from; will inevitably

• 标题biāo tíHSK 3

  title; heading; headline; caption; subject

• 课题kè tíHSK 5

  task; problem; issue

• 遇难yù nànHSK 7

  to perish; to be killed

• 难以置信nán yǐ zhì xìnHSK 7

  hard to believe; incredible