困 (kùn) means Sleepy (tired - confused). Below are 8 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我有点儿 困 ，想睡觉。
Wǒ yǒudiǎnr kùn, xiǎng shuì jiào.
I am a bit sleepy and want to go to bed.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 困
昨天没睡好，今天特别 困 。
Zuótiān méi shuì hǎo, jīntiān tèbié kùn.
I slept badly last night, so I am especially sleepy today.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 困
他经历过很多 困 难。
Tā jīnglì guo hěn duō kùnnan.
He has been through many difficulties.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 经历
遇到 困 难也别轻易放弃。
Yùdào kùnnan yě bié qīngyì fàngqì.
Do not give up easily when you meet difficulties.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 放弃
遇到 困 难的时候别着急。
Yùdào kùnnan de shíhou bié zháojí.
Do not panic when you run into difficulties.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 困难
这个工作有一点儿 困 难。
Zhège gōngzuò yǒu yìdiǎnr kùnnan.
This job is a little difficult.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 困难
遇到 困 难也别失去信心。
Yùdào kùnnan yě bié shīqù xìnxīn.
Do not lose confidence even when things are hard.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 信心
遇到 困 难要勇敢一点儿。
Yùdào kùnnan yào yǒnggǎn yìdiǎnr.
Be a bit braver when you meet difficulties.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 勇敢
Words that contain 困
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 困
How is 困 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 困 (kùn, "Sleepy (tired - confused)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 困 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 困 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 困 an HSK word?
Yes — 困 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 困?
The dictionary page for 困 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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