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HSK 6
HSK 6
HSK 5
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)
难得
nándé
seldom
难民
nànmín
refugee
难堪
nánkān
hard to take
难弹
nántán
hard to play (of music for stringed instrument)
难怪
nánguài
(it's) no wonder (that...)
难易
nányì
difficulty
落难
luònàn
to meet with misfortune
难喝
nánhē
unpleasant to drink
万难
wànnán
countless difficulties
难度
nándù
trouble
躲难
duǒnàn
to take refuge
难忘
nánwàng
unforgettable
难倒
nándǎo
to baffle
难捱
nánái
trying
海难
hǎinàn
perils of the sea
犯难
fànnán
to feel embarrassed
为难
wéinán
to feel embarrassed or awkward
难吃
nánchī
unpalatable
疑难
yínán
hard to understand
碍难
àinán
inconvenient
Example Sentences (7)
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
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
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
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
所以只有真正做事情的时候，才能了解有多难。
Suǒyǐ zhǐyǒu zhēnzhèng zuò shìqíng de shíhou,cáinéng liǎojiě yǒu duō nán.
So only when you actually do something can you understand how hard it is.
Text 4
上山容易下山难，你不知道？
shàng shān róng yì xià shān nán, nǐ bù zhīdao?
Going uphill is easy, going downhill is hard—don't you know?
Text 1
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 294
- Word Frequency Rank
- 264 of 84,292