nán nan

difficult; difficult (to...); difficulty

Character data

Radical ⾫ (172.11)
Strokes 19
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

難 nán
  1. 1. difficult
  2. 2. difficult (to...)
  3. 3. difficulty
  4. 4. problem
  5. 5. not good
難 nàn
  1. 1. disaster
  2. 2. distress
  3. 3. to scold

Words containing 難

Word Meaning
stuck; in a difficult dilemma
to be killed; to perish
victim; fatality
shipwreck
to run into misfortune
to take refuge; refuge; to seek asylum (political etc)
refuge; asylum
lit. many nights under a harsh moon
boss easy, underlings hard to deal with
to meet with great difficulties but pull through
to thwart; to impede
Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple
Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple
too embarrassing to mention
even more difficult; extremely difficult
extremely difficult; even more difficult
not to pose a problem for sb; cannot stump sb
Is it possible that ... ?
hard to (predict, imagine etc)
to find it hard to speak about sth
hard to accomplish; difficult to achieve
unbearable; hard to endure
hard to deal with; hard to handle
hard to erase; ineradicable
elusive; hard to pin down; enigmatic