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难
nán
hard, difficult, arduous; unable
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A hand 又 trying to grasp at a bird 隹
HSK 3
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⿰又隹
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又
and, also, again, in addition
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A right hand, representing a pair; compare 左
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HSK 3
Words Using 难 (232)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
难
↗
nàn
disaster / distress / to scold
3
nàn
难
↗
HSK 3
disaster / distress / to scold
难
↗
nán
difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good
3
nán
难
↗
HSK 3
difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good
难过
↗
nánguò
to feel sad / to feel unwell / (of life) to be difficult
3
nánguò
难过
↗
HSK 3
to feel sad / to feel unwell / (of life) to be difficult
难受
↗
nánshòu
to feel unwell / to suffer pain / to be difficult to bear
4
nánshòu
难受
↗
HSK 4
to feel unwell / to suffer pain / to be difficult to bear
难道
↗
nándào
don't tell me ... / could it be that...?
4
nándào
难道
↗
HSK 4
don't tell me ... / could it be that...?
困难
↗
kùnnan
difficult / challenging / straitened circumstances / difficult situation
4
kùnnan
困难
↗
HSK 4
difficult / challenging / straitened circumstances / difficult situation
难免
↗
nánmiǎn
hard to avoid / difficult to escape from
5
nánmiǎn
难免
↗
HSK 5
hard to avoid / difficult to escape from
难怪
↗
nánguài
(it's) no wonder (that...) / (it's) not surprising (that)
5
nánguài
难怪
↗
HSK 5
(it's) no wonder (that...) / (it's) not surprising (that)
灾难
↗
zāinàn
disaster / catastrophe
6
zāinàn
灾难
↗
HSK 6
disaster / catastrophe
艰难
↗
jiānnán
difficult / hard / challenging
6
jiānnán
艰难
↗
HSK 6
difficult / hard / challenging