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困难 kùnnan

困难 kùnnan Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 困难 kùnnan .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kùnnan | kun4 nan5
English translation
difficult
challenging
straitened circumstances
difficult situation

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Traditional form

困難

Part of speech

Nounal adjective / 名形词 Míngxíng cí
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Etymology of 困难 kùnnan

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kùn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Depicts a tree () being surrounded ( wéi ).

Positional decomposition

囗木

Number of Strokes

7
nán

Type

ideographic

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

Positional decomposition

又隹

Number of Strokes

10

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Example sentences using 困难 kùnnan

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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.

嗓子 sǎngzi téng ,觉得 juéde yān 东西 dōngxī 困难 kùnnan .

He had a sore throat and found it difficult to swallow.

yǐn dǒng 英语 Yīng yǔ yǒu 困难 kùnnan ?

Do you have [ find ] any difficulty in understanding spoken English?

尽管 jǐnguǎn 迹象 jìxiàng 有利 yǒulì , dàn 最新 zuì xīn de suō 氨酸 hún 合物仍然 réngrán 存在 cúnzài 一些 yī xiē 困难 kùnnan .

Despite favourable signals, the latest peptide mix presented difficulties.

zài 海拔 hǎibá Gāo de 地方 dìfāng huì 感到 gǎn dào 呼吸 hūxī 困难 kùnnan .

At high altitudes it is difficult to breathe.

困难 kùnnan Decomposition

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困难 kùnnan Compounds

See all 18 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 困难 kùnnan in their composition.

  • kùn
    • kǔn , kùn , kǔn , kǔn , kǔn , kǔn , , , , , , , kǔn ,
  • nán
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