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HSK 4
HSK 6
HSK 6
难
難
nán
1.
difficult (to...)
2.
problem
3.
difficulty
4.
difficult
5.
not good
HSK 3
Very Common • Top 0%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
便难
biànnàn
retort with challenging questions
两难
liǎngnán
dilemma
刁难
diāonàn
to be hard on sb
劫难
jiénàn
calamity
危难
wēinàn
calamity
受难
shòunàn
to suffer a calamity
困难
kùnnan
difficult
大难
dànàn
great catastrophe
山难
shānnàn
mountain accident
急难
jínàn
misfortune
患难
huànnàn
trials and tribulations
救难
jiùnán
to rescue
死难
sǐnàn
to die in an accident
殉难
xùnnàn
to sacrifice oneself in a just cause
海难
hǎinàn
perils of the sea
灾难
zāinàn
disaster
为难
wéinán
to feel embarrassed or awkward
犯难
fànnán
to feel embarrassed
留难
liúnàn
to make sth difficult
疑难
yínán
hard to understand
Example Sentences (10)
今天这些题特别难，我看不懂，不会做，你能帮我吗？
Jīntiān zhèxiē tí tèbié nán, wǒ kàn bù dǒng, bú huì zuò, nǐ néng bāng wǒ ma?
These problems are especially hard today. I can’t understand them and don’t know how to do them. Can you help me?
Text 2
有些问题看上去很难，但是做起来非常简单，所以得试着做做。
Yǒu xiē wèntí kàn shàng qù hěn nán, dànshì zuò qǐlái fēicháng jiǎndān, suǒyǐ děi shìzhe zuò zuo.
Some problems look hard, but are very simple to do, so you should try doing them.
Text 4
我觉得数学比历史难多了，我听不懂。
Wǒ juéde shùxué bǐ lìshǐ nán duō le, wǒ tīng bù dǒng.
I think math is much harder than history. I can't understand it.
Text 2
有些问题看上去虽然简单，但是解决起来难极了。
Yǒuxiē wèntí kàn shàngqù suīrán jiǎndān, dànshì jiějué qǐlái nán jí le.
Some problems look simple, but are extremely hard to solve.
Text 4
我原来以为做生意很简单，后来才发现其实并不容易，现在赚钱越来越难了。
Wǒ yuánlái yǐwéi zuò shēngyi hěn jiǎndān, hòulái cái fāxiàn qíshí bìng bù róngyì, xiànzài zhuànqián yuèláiyuè nán le.
I used to think doing business was very simple, but later I realized it's actually not easy, and now making money is getting harder and harder.
Text 3
慢慢来，万事开头难，重要的是要多积累经验。
Màn màn lái, wàn shì kāi tóu nán, zhòng yào de shì yào duō jī lěi jīng yàn.
Take it slow; starting is the hardest; the important thing is to gain more experience.
Text 3
但是，如果第一次见面给别人留下像不准时这样的坏印象，那么以后就很难让别人相信你。
Dànshì, rúguǒ dì yī cì jiànmiàn gěi biérén liú xià xiàng bù zhǔnshí zhèyàng de huài yìnxiàng, nàme yǐhòu jiù hěn nán ràng biérén xiāngxìn nǐ.
However, if at the first meeting you leave others with a bad impression like being unpunctual, then it will be hard for others to trust you in the future.
Text 5
一个人即便能力再高，经验再丰富，如果对工作没有责任心，也很难把工作做好。
Yí gè rén jíbiàn nénglì zài gāo, jīngyàn zài fēngfù, rúguǒ duì gōngzuò méiyǒu zérènxīn, yě hěn nán bǎ gōngzuò zuò hǎo.
Even if a person is highly capable and very experienced, if they lack a sense of responsibility for their work, it is still hard to do the job well.
Text 5
一个脾气不好的人虽然不一定让人讨厌，但是却很难跟人交朋友。
Yí gè píqi bù hǎo de rén suīrán bù yídìng ràng rén tǎoyàn, dànshì què hěn nán gēn rén jiāo péngyou.
A person with a bad temper may not necessarily be disliked, but it is very hard for them to make friends.
Text 4
不过，我们一定要相信：多么难的问题，都会被解决的。
Búguò, wǒmen yídìng yào xiāngxìn: duōme nán de wèntí, dōu huì bèi jiějué de.
However, we must believe: No matter how difficult the problem is, it will be solved.
Text 4
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 294
- Word Frequency Rank
- 264 of 84,292