困 (kùn) means Sleepy (tired - confused). Below are 24 of the 37 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
困 得睁不开眼了。
Kùn de zhēng bu kāi yǎn le.
I am so sleepy I cannot keep my eyes open.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 睁
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
他克服了很多 困 难。
Tā kèfú le hěn duō kùnnan.
He overcame many difficulties.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 克服
他从不向 困 难屈服。
Tā cóng bù xiàng kùnnan qūfú.
He never yields to difficulty.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 屈服
他从不向 困 难投降。
Tā cóng bù xiàng kùnnan tóuxiáng.
He never surrenders to difficulty.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 投降
公司一度陷入 困 境。
Gōngsī yídù xiànrù kùnjìng.
The company fell into difficulties for a time.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 陷入
遇到 困 难不要太悲观。
Yùdào kùnnan bùyào tài bēiguān.
Do not be too pessimistic when you meet difficulties.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 悲观
困 难让他变得更坚强。
Kùnnan ràng tā biàn de gèng jiānqiáng.
Hardship made him stronger.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 坚强
公司面临很大的 困 难。
Gōngsī miànlín hěn dà de kùnnan.
The company faces great difficulties.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 面临
他在 困 境中苦苦挣扎。
Tā zài kùnjìng zhōng kǔkǔ zhēngzhá.
He struggled bitterly in his predicament.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 挣扎
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
我们要勇敢地面对 困 难。
Wǒmen yào yǒnggǎn de miànduì kùnnan.
We should face difficulties bravely.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 面对
他现在的处境十分 困 难。
Tā xiànzài de chǔjìng shífēn kùnnan.
The position he is in now is extremely difficult.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 处境
我们要正视当前的 困 难。
Wǒmen yào zhèngshì dāngqián de kùnnan.
We must face up to the present difficulties.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 当前
面对 困 难，我们不能胆怯。
Miànduì kùnnan, wǒmen bù néng dǎnqiè.
We must not lose our nerve in the face of difficulty.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 胆怯
他出生在一个贫 困 的家庭。
Tā chūshēng zài yí ge pínkùn de jiātíng.
He was born into a poor family.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 贫困
贫 困 不是短期就能消灭的。
Pínkùn bú shì duǎnqī jiù néng xiāomiè de.
Poverty cannot be eliminated in the short term.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 消灭
他资助了几十名贫 困 学生。
Tā zīzhù le jǐshí míng pínkùn xuésheng.
He funded dozens of students in need.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 资助
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困 appears in 37 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 困
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Questions about 困
How is 困 used in a sentence?
This page shows 37 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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