难

The character "难" has 10 strokes. "难" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "难" has 3 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "难" are "nán" "nàn" "nuó" . View the stroke order of "难">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "难"

adj.: difficult; hard; hardly possible; bad; unpleasant

v.: corner (sb); put sb in a difficult position; put sb on the spot; blame; rebuke; reprove; reprimand; take to task

n.: adversity; calamity; catastrophe; disaster; misfortune

• difficult : adj.困难的；费劲的；难懂的；艰难的；难对付的；有问题的；难以取悦的；挑剔的
• hard : adj.坚实的；牢固的；坚硬的；猛烈的；沉重的；难以忍受的；困苦的；可靠的；确凿无疑的；真实的；有力的；强烈的；含无机盐的；软腭爆破音
• bad : adj.糟糕的；差的；拙劣的；劣质的；令人不快的；恶劣的；不幸的；邪恶的；道德败坏的；受伤的；生病的；疼痛的；腐烂的；遗憾的；后悔的；难过的；无价值的；伪造的；好的；特棒的
• unpleasant : adj.使人不愉快的；讨厌的；粗鲁的；不友好的；不体谅的
• put sb on the spot : phr.（故意提出难以回答或尴尬的问题）使某人难堪
• blame : v.认为…应该负责；归咎于；责怪；把…归咎于
• rebuke : v.指责；叱责；训斥
• reprove : v.责备；非难
• reprimand : n.训斥；斥责
• adversity : n.困难；不幸
• calamity : n.灾祸；灾难；不幸；祸患；痛苦
• catastrophe : n.大灾难；大灾祸；结局
• disaster : n.灾难；大祸；不幸；不幸事件；灾难片；失败的人
• misfortune : n.不幸；晦气；厄运；灾难；灾祸；不幸事故

Form words with "难"

难燃油 fire-resistant oil

难侍候 be hard to please

难伺候 be hard to please;be hard to please

变得越来越难 become increasingly difficult

临危蹈难 go to one's death fearlessly

被难的渔民 disaster-stricken fishermen

难与为匹 cannot compete with

在家千日好，出外一时难 when at home, you find life easy and comfortable all the time, but when away from home, you may run into difficulties even for a single day

Example phrases using "难"

• 不掌握全部事实就很难作出判断。

  It’s difficult to form a judgement if you don’t have all the facts.

• 做什么事都难做到合每个人的意。

  Whatever you do, you simply can’t do it to everyone’s satisfaction.

• 从几句话里很难判定出他的看法。

  It’s hard to ascertain his opinion from the few words he said.

• 书到用时方恨少，事非经过不知难。

  Having a chance to use our book learning, we regret that it is meagre; having accomplished a task, we begin to appreciate its difficulty.

• 你可能刚开始觉得难，以后就惯了。

  You may find it hard at the very beginning, but you will get used to it soon.

• 担负这样重大的责任，够难为他的。

  It is too hard on him undertaking such important duties.

• 会发生什么事，还很难猜料。

  What will happen is anybody’s guess.

• 黑色和深绿色在光线昏暗时很难区别。

  Black is hardly distinguishable from deep green when it is dark.

• 凶杀没有留下活口，追捕凶手可就难了。

  As no one survived the murder, it would be a challenge to track down the murderer.

• 飞机失事，乘客全部被难。

  All the passengers died in the air crash.