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困难

kùn nan

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 困難

困难 (kùn nan) means "difficult". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 困难 means

1. difficult
2. challenging
3. straitened circumstances
4. difficult situation

The characters in 困难

• 困kùnto trap; to surround; hard-pressed
• 难nándifficult (to...); problem; difficulty

Example sentences

• 呼吸困难。
  Breathing was difficult.
• 我对付困难。
  Wǒ duìfu kùnnan.
  I am dealing with difficulties.
• 我咀嚼困难。
  I have difficulty chewing.
• 这非常困难。
  This is very difficult.
• 我呼吸困难。
  I have trouble breathing.
• 工作困难吗？
  Is the work hard?

Words starting with 困难

• 困难在于kùn nan zài yúthe problem is...

Words containing 困难

• 面临困难miàn lín kùn nánto be faced with problems
• 吞咽困难tūn yàn kùn nándysphagia (medicine)
• 咽下困难yàn xià kùn nándysphagia (medicine)
• 诵读困难症sòng dú kùn nan zhèngdyslexia

Where 困难 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Problems & solutions (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read kùn nan correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.