How to say “difficulty” in Chinese
difficulty; difficult
“Difficulty” in Chinese is 困难, kùn nan: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
困难 is read kùn nan: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
Outside, 囗 “enclosure”; inside, 木 “tree”: the tree is cramped.
难看 is “hard to look at”, that is, “ugly”.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “困难”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 困难. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 我在学习上遇到了困难，怎么办？wǒzàixuéxíshangyùdàolekùnnan,zěnmebànI'm having trouble with my studies. What should I do?
- 在听力方面我还有困难zàitīnglìfāngmiàn,wǒháiyǒukùnnanI still have trouble with listening.
- 有困难找警察yǒukùnnan,zhǎojǐngcháIn trouble? Go to the police.
- 他克服了很多困难tākèfúlehěnduōkùnnanHe overcame a lot of difficulties.
- 公司面临很大的困难。gōngsīmiànlínhěndàdekùnnanThe company is facing great difficulties.
- 遇到困难可以向警察求助yùdàokùnnankěyǐxiàngjǐngcháqiúzhùIf you're in trouble, you can turn to the police for help.
More words from the lesson “Knowledge and difficulties”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “difficulty” in Chinese?
“Difficulty” in Chinese is 困难, pinyin kùnnan.
What does 困难 mean?
困难 (kùnnan) means “difficulty; difficult”.
How do you write 困难?
困难 is 2 characters: 困 (kùn) — sleepy; in difficulty; 难 (nán) — difficult. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 困难?
困难 is read kùnnan. Tones: kùn — fourth tone, nan — neutral tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“difficulty” in the lesson “Knowledge and difficulties”
This word is from the topic “In class” of HSK 4. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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