难難 nán — difficult, hard
nán (second tone, rising)nan2
Traditional: 難
difficult, hard
HSK 3· HSK 1–4 (classic)adjective
Meanings
difficult, hard
Hard to do. Before a verb it forms the pattern 难 + verb: 难写, 难懂, 难吃 — "hard to write", "hard to follow", "unpleasant to eat".
adjective
Example sentences
- 这个汉字很难写。這個漢字很難寫。Zhège (fourth tone, falling) Hànzì (fourth tone, falling) hěn (third tone, dipping) nán (second tone, rising) xiě. (third tone, dipping)···
This character is hard to write.
- 这次的考试比上次难多了。這次的考試比上次難多了。Zhè (fourth tone, falling) cì (fourth tone, falling) de (neutral tone) kǎoshì (third tone, dipping) bǐ (third tone, dipping) shàng (fourth tone, falling) cì (fourth tone, falling) nán (second tone, rising) duō (first tone, high and level) le. (neutral tone)···
This exam was much harder than the last one.