难吃

難吃

nánchī

adjective #17,184

Meanings

1 unpalatable
2 bad-tasting
3 tastes awful

Characters

difficult; hard

Literally 'difficult to eat.'

Examples

HSK 1

医院的饭很难吃。

Yīyuàn de fàn hěn nánchī.

Hospital food tastes awful.

HSK 2

这道菜太难吃了！

Zhè dào cài tài nánchī le!

This dish tastes terrible!

Tips

grammar

难 + verb is a productive pattern: 难吃 (bad-tasting), 难听 (bad-sounding), 难看 (ugly), 难闻 (bad-smelling). The opposite pattern is 好 + verb: 好吃, 好听, 好看, 好闻.

Stroke Order

难 nán

吃 chī