难
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Ugly in Chinese: 难看 (nán kàn)

nán kàn

ugly

HSK 3.0 Level 2Traditional: 難看2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1ugly
  2. 2unsightly

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ㄋㄢˊ

nán

ㄋ/ nㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄎㄢˋ

kàn

ㄎ/ kㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

难看

Simplified

難看

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 她穿着一条很难看的裙子。

    tā chuān zhe yì tiáo hěn nán kàn de qún zǐ。

    She was wearing an ugly dress.

  • 跟其它的比，法国护照有多难看啊。

    gēn qí tā de bǐ， fǎ guó hù zhào yǒu duō nán kàn a。

    Compared to the others, doesn't the French passport look ugly?

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Related words

看

kàn

to see

难

nán

difficult (to...)

看见

kàn jiàn

to see

难过

nán guò

to feel sad

看法

kàn fǎ

way of looking at a thing

困难

kùn nan

difficult

难道

nán dào

don't tell me ...

难受

nán shòu

to feel unwell

看来

kàn lai

apparently

难怪

nán guài

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

好看

hǎo kàn

good-looking

看病

kàn bìng

to visit a doctor

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