难听

難聽

nántīng

adjective HSK 2 #19,127

Meanings

Literally 'hard to listen to'

Zhè shǒu gē tài nántīng le.

This song sounds terrible.

Tā shuō de huà hěn nántīng.

What he said was very harsh/hurtful.

Bié shuō nántīng de huà.

Don't say hurtful things.

usage

难听 can mean bad-sounding (music/voice) or offensive/hurtful (words). Opposite: 好听 (hǎotīng, pleasant to hear).

grammar

难 + verb = hard to V: 难听 (hard to listen to), 难看 (hard to look at), 难吃 (hard to eat = tastes bad).

难 nán

听 tīng