艰
难

Difficult in Chinese: 艰难 (jiān nán)

jiān nán

difficult

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 艱難1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1difficult
  2. 2hard
  3. 3challenging

Stroke order

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艰
难

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ㄐㄧㄢ

jiān

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄋㄢˊ

nán

ㄋ/ nㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

艰难

Simplified

艱難

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 那段日子过得非常艰难。

    nà duàn rì zi guò dé fēi cháng jiān nán。

    Those days were extremely hard.

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Related words

难

nán

difficult (to...)

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

艰巨

jiān jù

arduous

艰苦

jiān kǔ

difficult

难怪

nán guài

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

难看

nán kàn

ugly

难题

nán tí

difficult problem

难听

nán tīng

unpleasant to hear

难度

nán dù

degree of difficulty

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