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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 (9)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 294
- Word Frequency Rank
- 264 of 84,292