难
nán
difficult
Part of speech · adjective
Pattern visualization
no decomposition available
Examples
- 中文很难。Chinese is difficult.
- 这个题太难了。This problem is too hard.
Collocations
很难太难难学
Mnemonic
难 nán "difficult" — traditional 難. Same character as Japanese 難しい muzukashii. Watch the tone: 难 nán (2nd) "hard" vs nàn (4th) as in 难民 nànmín "refugee" — same character, different tone.
Quick check
"难民" — nán or nàn?