HSK 6 vocabulary › 难堪
难堪
难堪 in English: hard to take; embarrassed
nán kān
hard to take; embarrassed
How to pronounce 难堪
nán kān (without tone marks: nan kan). nán is a second (rising) tone; kān is a first (high, level) tone.
Characters in 难堪
难 nán
difficult (to...); problem; difficulty
difficult (to...); problem; difficulty
堪 kān
(bound form) may; can; (bound form) to endure; to bear; (in 堪輿|堪舆[kan1 yu2]) heaven (contrasted with earth 輿|舆[yu2])
(bound form) may; can; (bound form) to endure; to bear; (in 堪輿|堪舆[kan1 yu2]) heaven (contrasted with earth 輿|舆[yu2])
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 |
| 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 |
| 艰难 | jiān nán | difficult; hard | HSK 6 |
| 难得 | nán dé | seldom; rare | HSK 6 |
| 难能可贵 | nán néng kě guì | rare and precious; valuable | HSK 6 |