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jiān

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jiān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiān | jian1
English translation
difficult
hard
hardship
difficult, hard; hardship

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About jiān

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

jiān

Contains the radical

yòu

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

tough

Etymology of jiān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

又艮

Semantic compound

gěn

Phonetic compound

jǐn

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Example sentences using jiān

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mài 水果 shuǐguǒ de 小贩 xiǎo fàn tuī zhāo de 车子 chē zi zài 街上 jiē shang 艰难 jiānnán de zǒu zhāo .

The fruIt'seller trundled his cart along the street.

婚姻 hūnyīn 破裂 pò liè 不久 bù jiǔ ,约翰 Yuē hàn 经历 jīnglì le Duàn 短暂 duǎn zàn de 艰难 jiānnán 时期 shíqī .

John passed through a difficult period shortly after his marriage broke down.

zhè Duàn 艰涩 de 文字 wénzì 可以 kěyǐ zuò 出好 zhǒng 解释 jiěshì .

The involved and abstruse passage makes several interpretations possible.

好好 hǎo hǎo 休息 xiūxi 一下 yīxià , 前面 qiánmiàn de 路程 lù chéng yuǎn ér 艰难 jiānnán ne .

Take your ease, for the journey ahead will be long and arduous.

zhè tāng 上山 shàng shān shì 艰难 jiānnán de 跋涉 bá shè .

It was a hard trudge up the hill.

Words with jiān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
艰难 jiānnán hard艱難
艰苦 jiānkǔ hard艱苦
艰辛 jiān xīn hardships艱辛
艰巨 jiānjù arduous艱巨
艰苦奋斗 jiān kǔ fèn dòu to struggle arduously艱苦奮鬥
艰险 jiān xiǎn difficult and dangerous艱險
举步维艰 jǔ bù wéi jiān to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)舉步維艱
jiān hard jiān
艰难险阻 jiān nán xiǎn zǔ untold dangers and difficulties (idiom)艱難險阻
艰巨性 jiān jù xìng arduousness艱巨性
艰苦朴素 jiān kǔ pǔ sù leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)艱苦樸素
步履维艰 bù lǚ wéi jiān to walk with difficulty步履維艱
艰深 jiān shēn abstruse艱深
艰深晦涩 jiān shēn huì sè abstruse and unfathomable (idiom)艱深晦澀

jiān Decomposition & Compounds

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jiān Decomposition

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