难
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Hard to believe in Chinese: 难以置信 (nán yǐ zhì xìn)

nán yǐ zhì xìn

hard to believe

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 難以置信1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1hard to believe
  2. 2incredible

Stroke order

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难
以
置
信

Zhuyin

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ㄋㄢˊ

nán

ㄋ/ nㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄧˇ

yǐ

ㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

ㄓˋ

zhì

ㄓ/ zhˋ/ fourth tone

ㄒㄧㄣˋ

xìn

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄣ/ enˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

难以置信

Simplified

難以置信

Traditional

Example sentences

See 难以置信 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这个消息让人难以置信。

    zhè ge xiāo xī ràng rén nán yǐ zhì xìn。

    This piece of news is hard to believe.

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Related words

难

nán

difficult (to...)

信

xìn

letter

以

yǐ

to use

置

zhì

to install

可以

kě yǐ

can

所以

suǒ yǐ

therefore

难过

nán guò

to feel sad

相信

xiāng xìn

to be convinced (that sth is true)

以后

yǐ hòu

after

以前

yǐ qián

before

以为

yǐ wéi

to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)

困难

kùn nan

difficult

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