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艰难 (jiān nán): Difficult (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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3.

Character Breakdown

艰 • jiān • difficult, hard, arduous

jiān艰

difficult, hard, arduous

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Pinyinjiān nán

Meaningdifficult; hard; arduous

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难 • nán • hard; difficult • HSK 2.0 L3

HSK 3

nán难

hard; difficult

HSK 6 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 艰难.

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曝光bào guāngexposure
保密bǎo mìkeep something secret
爱不释手ài bù shì shǒulike something so much that one cannot bear to part with it
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 艰难.

Words with 艰

艰巨jiān jùarduous; formidable; onerous
艰苦jiān kǔarduous; difficult; tough
艰辛jiān xīnhardships
艰险

jiān xiǎn

Treacherous

艰苦奋斗jiān kǔ fèn dòuto struggle arduously

Words with 难

难听nán tīngunpleasant to hear
难看nán kànugly
难过nán guòhave a hard time
难题nán tídifficult problem
困难kùn nandifficulty
难受nán shòufeel unwell; difficult to bear
难忘nán wàngunforgettable
难道nán dàocould it be...?

4.

How to Use 艰难 in Sentences

Adverb + Verbwith前进

jiān艰

nán难

de地

qián前

jìn进

neutral

advance with difficulty

Subject + Predicatewith生活

shēng生

huó活

jiān艰

nán难

Idiomwith困苦

jiān艰

nán难

kùn困

kǔ苦

Noun + Adjectivewith处境

chǔ处

jìng境

jiān艰

nán难

5.

Example Sentences with 艰难

zǒu走

lù路

hěn很

jiān艰

nán难

。

neutral

difficult life

formal

hardships and difficulties

formal

Written

difficult situation

Walking is very difficult.

nǐ你

nán难

dào道

bù不

jué觉

de得

zuò做

chū出

zhè这

ge个

jué决

dìng定

fēi非

cháng常

jiān艰

nán难

ma吗

？

Don't you think making this decision is extremely difficult?

tā他

shēng生

huó活

hěn很

jiān艰

nán难

，

dàn但

cóng从

bù不

bào抱

yuàn怨

。

His life is very difficult, but he never complains.

zài在

jiān艰

nán难

de的

huán环

jìng境

zhōng中

，

tā她

yī依

rán然

bǎo保

chí持

zhe着

lè乐

guān观

de的

xīn心

tài态

。

In difficult circumstances, she still maintains an optimistic attitude.

chuàng创

yè业

chū初

qī期

zī资

jīn金

duǎn短

quē缺

，

měi每

yí一

bù步

dōu都

zǒu走

dé得

shí十

fēn分

jiān艰

nán难

。

In the early stages of starting a business, with a shortage of funds, every step was taken with great difficulty.