难

nán

difficult

adjectivealso verbHSK 3.0 word list · Band 3trad. 難
Dictionary entry

difficult (to...); problem; difficulty

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难

See it in sentences

这个问题太难了。

Zhège wèntí tài nán le.

English

This question is too hard.

汉语不太难,多练就好。

Hànyǔ bú tài nán, duō liàn jiù hǎo.

English

Chinese is not that hard, practice makes it easy.

Goes with

  • 很难very difficult
  • 难懂hard to understand
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