HSK 6 vocabulary › 艰难
艰难
艰难 in English: difficult; hard
jiān nán
difficult; hard
How to pronounce 艰难
jiān nán (without tone marks: jian nan). jiān is a first (high, level) tone; nán is a second (rising) tone.
Characters in 艰难
艰 jiān
difficult; hard; hardship
difficult; hard; hardship
难 nán
difficult (to...); problem; difficulty
difficult (to...); problem; difficulty
Related words
| 难 | nán | difficult (to...); problem | HSK 3 |
| 难过 | nán guò | to feel sad; to feel unwell | HSK 3 |
| 困难 | kùn nan | difficult; challenging | HSK 4 |
| 难道 | nán dào | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? | HSK 4 |
| 难受 | nán shòu | to feel unwell; to suffer pain | HSK 4 |
| 艰巨 | jiān jù | arduous; terrible (task) | HSK 5 |
| 艰苦 | jiān kǔ | difficult; hard | HSK 5 |
| 难怪 | nán guài | no wonder (that...); not surprising (that) | HSK 5 |
| 难免 | nán miǎn | hard to avoid; difficult to escape from | HSK 5 |
| 难得 | nán dé | seldom; rare | HSK 6 |