苦
难

Suffering in Chinese: 苦难 (kǔ nàn)

kǔ nàn

suffering

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 苦難1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1suffering

Stroke order

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苦
难

Zhuyin

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ㄎㄨˇ

kǔ

ㄎ/ kㄨ/ uˇ/ third tone

ㄋㄢˋ

nàn

ㄋ/ nㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

苦难

Simplified

苦難

Traditional

Example sentences

See 苦难 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他经历了很多苦难才成功。

    tā jīng lì le hěn duō kǔ nàn cái chéng gōng。

    He went through much suffering before he succeeded.

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Related words

难

nán

difficult (to...)

苦

kǔ

bitter

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

辛苦

xīn kǔ

exhausting

艰苦

jiān kǔ

difficult

刻苦

kè kǔ

hardworking

难怪

nán guài

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

难看

nán kàn

ugly

痛苦

tòng kǔ

pain

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