艰难

艰难 jiānnán

Difficult

艰难 in a sentence HSK 6 繁體艱難 jiannan

What 艰难 means

Difficult

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艰难 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

艰

jiān

Hardship (difficult)

难

nán

Difficult (hard - bad)

Words that share a character with 艰难

How to write 艰难

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艰难 in a sentence

那几年他过得非常艰难。

Nà jǐ nián tā guò de fēicháng jiānnán.

Those few years were extremely hard for him.

他艰难地爬上了山顶。

Tā jiānnán de pá shàng le shāndǐng.

With great difficulty he climbed to the summit.

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Questions about 艰难

What does 艰难 mean in English?

艰难 is pronounced jiānnán and means Difficult.

How do you pronounce 艰难?

艰难 is jiānnán in pinyin — written jiannan without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 艰难?

艰难 is written with 2 characters: 艰 (jiān) Hardship (difficult), 难 (nán) Difficult (hard - bad). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 艰难 written in traditional Chinese?

艱難. The simplified form 艰难 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 艱難 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced jiānnán.

Is 艰难 an HSK word?

Yes — 艰难 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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