困难

困難

kùnnan

noun HSK 4 #1,338

Meanings

Trapped and hard - double difficulty.

HSK 1

学中文有很多困难。

Xué Zhōngwén yǒu hěnduō kùnnan.

Learning Chinese has many difficulties.

HSK 1

这个问题很困难。

Zhège wèntí hěn kùnnan.

This problem is very difficult.

HSK 5

我们一起克服困难。

Wǒmen yìqǐ kèfú kùnnan.

Let's overcome the difficulties together.

usage

困难 emphasizes hardship or struggle. Compare with 难 (nán), which simply means 'difficult,' and 麻烦 (máfan), which means 'troublesome' or 'annoying.'

困 kùn

难 nán