nán nan

difficult, arduous, hard; unable

DEFINITIONS

難 nán
  • difficult (to...)
  • problem
  • difficulty
  • difficult
  • not good
難 nàn
  • disaster
  • distress
  • to scold

WORDS

以撼動 nán yǐ hàn dòng unsusceptible to change; deeply entrenched
以理解 nán yǐ lǐ jiě hard to understand; incomprehensible
以置信 nán yǐ zhì xìn hard to believe; incredible
以自已 nán yǐ zī yǐ cannot control oneself (idiom); to be beside oneself
伺候 nán cì hou (coll.) hard to please; high-maintenance
住 nán zhù to baffle; to stump
保 nán bǎo hard to say; can't guarantee; difficult to protect; difficult to preserve
倒 nán dǎo to baffle; to confound; to stump
弟 nán xiōng nán dì lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom); fig. one is just as bad as the other
弟 nàn xiōng nàn dì brothers in hardship (idiom); fellow sufferers; in the same boat
免 nán miǎn hard to avoid; difficult to escape from; will inevitably
捨 nán fēn nán shě loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate
解 nán fēn nán jiě to become caught up in an irresolvable situation (idiom)
受 nán shòu to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear
吃 nán chī unpalatable
喝 nán hē unpleasant to drink
堪 nán kān hard to take; embarrassed
度 nán dù trouble; problem
彈 nán tán hard to play (of music for stringed instrument)
得 nán dé seldom; rare; hard to come by
得一見 nán dé yī jiàn rarely seen
忘 nán wàng unforgettable
怪 nán guài (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that)
懂 nán dǒng difficult to understand
分 nán shě nán fēn loath to part (idiom); emotionally close and unwilling to separate