难

難

nán

adjective HSK 1 #345

Meanings

Zhōngwén nán ma?

Is Chinese difficult?

Zhè dào tí hěn nán.

This question is very difficult.

Hànzì bù nán xiě.

Chinese characters aren't hard to write.

grammar

难 + verb means 'hard to do something': 难学 (hard to learn), 难说 (hard to say), 难吃 (bad-tasting, lit. hard to eat), 难看 (ugly, lit. hard to look at).

mistakes

难 (nán, difficult) and 男 (nán, male) have the same pronunciation but very different meanings. Context always makes it clear.

难 nán