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难看 (nán kàn): Ugly (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 3.0Level 3

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难看 consists of 2 characters.

难 • nán • hard; difficult • HSK 3.0 · L3

HSK 3.0 · L3

nán难

hard; difficult

看 • kàn • to see; to read; to watch; to look at • HSK 3.0 · L1

HSK 3.0 · L1

kàn看

to see; to read; to watch; to look at

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Pinyinnán kàn

Meaningugly

Characters2

HSK3.0 Level 3

SyntaxAdjective

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Example Sentences with 难看

Zhè这

jiàn件

yī衣

fu服

de的

yán颜

sè色

zhēn真

nán难

kàn看

。

The color of this piece of clothing is really ugly.

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 难看.

Words with 难

难听nán tīngunpleasant to hear
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...?
难以nán yǐhard to (predict, imagine etc)

Words with 看

好看hǎo kàngood-looking
看病kàn bìngto visit a doctor
看见kàn jiànsee
看来kàn laiapparently
查看

chá kàn

to look over

看法kàn fǎopinion

观看guān kànto watch; to view

收看shōu kànto watch (a TV program)