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艰难 jiānnán

艰难 jiānnán Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 艰难 jiānnán .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiānnán | jian1 nan2
English translation
difficult
hard
challenging

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Traditional form

艱難

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí
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Etymology of 艰难 jiānnán

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jiān

Type

pictophonetic

Phonetic compound

jǐn

Semantic compound

gěn

Positional decomposition

又艮

Number of Strokes

8
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 艰难 jiānnán

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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.

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.

描述 miáo shù le 被俘4 yuè 挣扎 zhēngzhá 求生 qiú shēng de 艰难 jiānnán 岁月 suìyuè

He described the difficulties of surviving for four months as a captive.

艰难 jiānnán Decomposition

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艰难 jiānnán Compounds

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