难
说

Hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict) in Chinese: 难说 (nán shuō)

nán shuō

hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict)

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

Definitions

  1. 1hard to tell (i.e. hard to judge or hard to predict)
  2. 2cannot bring oneself to say it

Stroke order

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难
说

Zhuyin

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ㄋㄢˊ

nán

ㄋ/ nㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄕㄨㄛ

shuō

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄛ/ o—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

难说

Simplified

難說

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 明天会不会下雨还很难说。

    míng tiān huì bu huì xià yǔ hái hěn nán shuō。

    It's hard to say whether it will rain tomorrow.

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Related words

难

nán

difficult (to...)

说

shuō

to speak

说话

shuō huà

to speak

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

说明

shuō míng

to explain

小说

xiǎo shuō

novel

传说

chuán shuō

legend

胡说

hú shuō

to talk nonsense

据说

jù shuō

it is said that

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