How to say “difficulty” in Chinese
difficulty
“Difficulty” in Chinese is 难度, nán dù: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
难度 is read nán dù: 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
难看 is “hard to look at”, that is, “ugly”.
A measure of all sorts of things: 温度 — temperature, 速度 — speed, 态度 — attitude.
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 “难度”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 难度. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 这次考试的难度很大zhècìkǎoshìdenándùhěndàThis exam was very hard.
More words from the lesson “At the exam”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “difficulty” in Chinese?
“Difficulty” in Chinese is 难度, pinyin nándù.
What does 难度 mean?
难度 (nándù) means “difficulty”.
How do you write 难度?
难度 is 2 characters: 难 (nán) — difficult; 度 (dù) — degree, measure; spend time. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 难度?
难度 is read nándù. Tones: nán — second tone, dù — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“difficulty” in the lesson “At the exam”
This word is from the topic “Studying and student life” of HSK 5. 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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