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难看

nán kàn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 難看

难看 (nán kàn) means "ugly". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 难看 means

1. ugly
2. unsightly

The characters in 难看

• 难nándifficult (to...); problem; difficulty
• 看kànto see; to look at; to read; to watch

Example sentences

• 难看得很。
  It's extremely ugly.
• 你看起来不难看。
  Nǐ kànqǐlai bù nánkàn.
  You're not too bad-looking.
• 这把椅子很难看。
  Zhè bǎ yǐzi hěn nánkàn.
  This chair is ugly.
• 她写的字很难看。
  She's got terrible handwriting.
• 我的房子又旧又难看。
  Wǒ de fángzi yòu jiù yòu nánkàn.
  My house is old and ugly.
• 浓雾使道路很难看清。
  Nóngwù shǐ dàolù hěn nánkàn qīng.
  The thick fog made it hard to see the road.

Where 难看 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Appearance & Physical Description (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read nán kàn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.