灾
难

Disaster in Chinese: 灾难 (zāi nàn)

zāi nàn

disaster

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 災難1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1disaster; catastrophe

Stroke order

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灾
难

Zhuyin

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ㄗㄞ

zāi

ㄗ/ zㄞ/ ai—/ first tone

ㄋㄢˋ

nàn

ㄋ/ nㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

灾难

Simplified

災難

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这场地震是一场巨大的灾难。

    zhè chǎng dì zhèn shì yì chǎng jù dà de zāi nàn。

    This earthquake was a huge disaster.

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Related words

难

nán

difficult (to...)

灾

zāi

disaster

难过

nán guò

to feel sad

困难

kùn nan

difficult

难道

nán dào

don't tell me ...

难受

nán shòu

to feel unwell

难怪

nán guài

(it's) no wonder (that...)

难看

nán kàn

ugly

灾害

zāi hài

calamity

难题

nán tí

difficult problem

难听

nán tīng

unpleasant to hear

难度

nán dù

degree of difficulty

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