难
听

Unpleasant to hear in Chinese: 难听 (nán tīng)

nán tīng

unpleasant to hear

HSK 3.0 Level 2Traditional: 難聽1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1unpleasant to hear
  2. 2coarse
  3. 3vulgar
  4. 4offensive
  5. 5shameful

Stroke order

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难
听

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ㄋㄢˊ

nán

ㄋ/ nㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄊㄧㄥ

tīng

ㄊ/ tㄧ/ iㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

难听

Simplified

難聽

Traditional

Example sentences

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

  • 他唱的歌真难听。

    tā chàng de gē zhēn nán tīng。

    The song he sings really sounds awful.

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Related words

听

tīng

to listen to

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

打听

dǎ ting

to ask about

难怪

nán guài

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

难看

nán kàn

ugly

好听

hǎo tīng

pleasant to hear

听到

tīng dào

to hear

听见

tīng jiàn

to hear

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