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nán

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nán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
nán | nan2
English translation
difficult (to...)
problem
difficulty
difficult
not good
disaster
distress
to scold
hard, difficult, arduous; unable

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About nán

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

nán

Contains the radical

yòu

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

A hand  yòu trying to grasp at a bird zhuī

Etymology of nán

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

又隹

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. zhuī represents the meaning and jǐn represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "type of bird", which is unrelated to the modern meaning. The simplified character nán was adapted from the cursive form of the trad

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Example sentences using nán

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zhè dào kān 起来 qǐlai hěn 简单 jiǎndān , dàn dāng yāo Xiè shí jiù huì 发现 fāxiàn 确实 quèshí shì dào 难题 nán tí ...

The problem looks simple enough, but when you come to try and solve it you'll find it's a real teaser.

百物 bǎi wù 涨价 zhǎng jià shí ,觉得 juéde 料理 liào lǐ 家务 jiāwù hěn nán .

She found it difficult to contrive when prices of everything went up.

chūn dào le 人间 rénjiān , zài zhè 大杂院 dà zá yuàn zhǐ 增多 zēng duō le 困难 kùnnan .

The return of spring only increased the troubles of the yard.

外面 wài miàn xià zhāo 毛毛细雨, 天气 tiānqì yòu Lěng yòu 湿 shī ,令人 lìng rén 难受 nánshòu .

It was drizzling, and miserably cold and damp.

这样 zhè yàng 一来 yī lái 他们 tā men jiù shuì 不了 bù le huà , biē 难受 nánshòu .

It then inhibited their speech and made them acutely uneasy.

Words with nán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
nán problem nán
难道 nándào don't tell me ...難道
困难 kùnnan difficult困難
难以 nán yǐ hard to (predict, imagine etc)難以
难过 nánguò to feel sad難過
艰难 jiānnán hard艱難
难以置信 nán yǐ zhì xìn hard to believe難以置信
难受 nánshòu to feel unwell難受
难度 nán dù trouble難度
难得 nándé seldom難得
灾难 zāinàn disaster災難
难题 nán tí difficult problem難題
难怪 nánguài (it's) no wonder (that...)難怪
难忘 nán wàng unforgettable難忘
难堪 nánkān hard to take難堪
难免 nánmiǎn hard to avoid難免
为难 wéinán to feel embarrassed or awkward為難
遇难 yù nàn to perish遇難
苦难 kǔ nàn suffering苦難
难关 nán guān difficulty難關
难看 nán kàn ugly難看
难民 nàn mín refugee難民
难点 nán diǎn difficulty難點
避难所 bì nàn suǒ refuge避難所

nán Decomposition & Compounds

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nán Decomposition

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nán Compounds

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