难以

Character by character

• 难nán10 strokesHSK 1 traditional 難difficult, arduous, hard; unable
• 以yǐ5 strokesHSK 2by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to

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Words with the same characters

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

• 可以kě yǐHSK 2

  can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good

• 所以suǒ yǐHSK 2

  therefore; as a result; so; the reason why

• 以yǐHSK 7

  to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)

• 以后yǐ hòuHSK 2

  after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future

• 以前yǐ qiánHSK 2

  before; formerly; previous; ago

• 难nánHSK 1

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

• 以及yǐ jíHSK 4

  as well as; too; and

• 以为yǐ wéiHSK 2

  to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)

• 以来yǐ láiHSK 3

  since (a previous event)

• 困难kùn nanHSK 3

  difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation

• 难道nán dàoHSK 3

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

• 以下yǐ xiàHSK 2

  that level or lower; that amount or less; the following

• 以上yǐ shàngHSK 2

  that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.

• 难过nán guòHSK 2

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

• 以外yǐ wàiHSK 2

  apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond

• 之所以zhī suǒ yǐHSK 7

  (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"

• 艰难jiān nánHSK 5

  difficult; hard; challenging

• 难受nán shòuHSK 2

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

• 以往yǐ wǎngHSK 5

  in the past; formerly

• 难度nán dùHSK 3

  degree of difficulty

• 足以zú yǐHSK 6

  sufficient to...; so much so that; so that

• 灾难zāi nànHSK 5

  disaster; catastrophe

• 以便yǐ biànHSK 5

  so that; so as to; in order to

• 难得nán déHSK 5

  seldom; rare; hard to come by