难
堪

Hard to take in Chinese: 难堪 (nán kān)

nán kān

hard to take

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

Definitions

  1. 1hard to take
  2. 2embarrassed

Stroke order

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难
堪

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ㄋㄢˊ

nán

ㄋ/ nㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄎㄢ

kān

ㄎ/ kㄢ/ an—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

难堪

Simplified

難堪

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他的话让我感到很难堪。

    tā de huà ràng wǒ gǎn dào hěn nán kān。

    His words made me feel very embarrassed.

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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

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

难免

nán miǎn

hard to avoid

艰难

jiān nán

difficult

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