堪 (kān) means Endure. Below are 5 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
他不想让对方难 堪 。
Tā bù xiǎng ràng duìfāng nánkān.
He did not want to embarrass the other person.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 难堪
当众被批评让他很难 堪 。
Dāngzhòng bèi pīpíng ràng tā hěn nánkān.
Being criticised in public made him very uncomfortable.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 难堪
那段日子他过得疲惫不 堪 。
Nà duàn rìzi tā guò de píbèi bùkān.
In those days he was utterly worn out.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不堪
这种噪音实在令人不 堪 忍受。
Zhè zhǒng zàoyīn shízài lìng rén bùkān rěnshòu.
This noise really is unbearable.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不堪
如果没有及时干预，后果不 堪 设想。
Rúguǒ méiyǒu jíshí gānyù, hòuguǒ bùkān shèxiǎng.
Without timely intervention the consequences would be unthinkable.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 干预
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Words that contain 堪
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Questions about 堪
How is 堪 used in a sentence?
This page shows 5 sentences using 堪 (kān, "Endure"), 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 堪 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 堪 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 堪?
The dictionary page for 堪 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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