难 (難) nán nàn

1. nán adjective difficult / arduous / hard
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison 比较
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nán 1; NCCED '難' nán 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 42; Unihan '難').
2. nán verb to put someone in a difficult position / to have difficulty
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Morality 道德
   Notes: (NCCED '難' nán 2)
3. nán adjective hardly possible / unable
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nán 1; NCCED '難' nán 3; Unihan '難')
4. nàn noun disaster / calamity
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Disaster 灾难
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nàn 1; NCCED '難' nàn 1)
5. nàn noun enemy / foe
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nàn 2)
6. nán adjective bad / unpleasant
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nán 2; NCCED '難' nán 4)
7. nàn verb to blame / to rebuke
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nàn 3b; NCCED '難' nàn 2)
8. nàn verb to object to / to argue against
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nàn 3)
9. nàn verb to reject / to repudiate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '難' nàn 3a)

Contained in

• 难以(難以) hard to
• 困难(困難) difficulty / problem ; difficult
• 苦难(苦難) suffering
• 难度(難度) degree of difficulty
• 艰难(艱難) difficult
• 难得(難得) difficult to obtain ; valuable
• 难道(難道) don't tell me ...
• 难过(難過) to feel sorry / to be grieved
• 难看(難看) ugly / unsightly
• 难受(難受) to feel unwell / to suffer pain / to be difficult to bear
• 难题(難題) a difficult problem
• 出难题(出難題) to raise a tough question
• 难民(難民) refugee
• 难怪(難怪) no wonder ; to be understandable
• 为难(為難) to make things difficult for ; to be embarrassed about
• 灾难(災難) disaster / catastrophe / calamity
• 难关(難關) difficulty / crisis
• 难堪(難堪) embarrassing
• 难免(難免) hard to avoid
• 疑难(疑難) hard to understand / difficult to deal with
• 急难(急難) a misfortune / a crisis / a disaster / an emergency / crisis victims ; to help others out of a predicament
• 欲壑难填(慾壑難填) bottomless pit of desire / insatiable greed
• 魔难(魔難) difficulties and temptations
• 善财难舍(善財難捨) to cherish wealth and find it hard to give up / refusing to contribute to charity
• 落难(落難) to meet with misfortune / to fall into dire straits
• 排难解纷(排難解紛) to remove perils and solve disputes / to reconcile differences
• 危难(危難) a calamity
• 劫难(劫難) a predetermined calamity
• 易守难攻(易守難攻) easily guarded, hard to attack
• 厄难(厄難) a disaster / a misfortune / a calamity
• 祸难(禍難) a disaster / a misfortune / a calamity
• 死难(死難) to die in an accident / to die for a just cause
• 发难(發難) to rise in revolt
• 非难(非難) to reproof / to blame
• 避难(避難) to take refuge / to seek asylum

Also contained in

阿难 、 阿难陀 、 父母恩重难报经 、 难陀 、 难沮佛 、 靖难之役 、 实叉难陀 、 施乞叉难陀 、 除诸恶难救度 、 难近母 、 难胜地 、 难胜 、 八难 、 难陀龙王 、 维祇难 、 昙摩难提

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第九十九回 Chapter 99 Journey to the West 《西遊記》 — count: 92
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 — count: 48
• 卷九十八 列傳第五十八 氐胡 Volume 98 Biographies 58: Zhi Hu Book of Song 《宋書》 — count: 39
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 — count: 37
• 卷一百五十八　列傳第四十五: 姚樞 許衡 竇默 Volume 158 Biographies 45: Yao Shu, Xu Heng, Dou Mo History of Yuan 《元史》 — count: 30
• 卷二十九 魏書二十九 方技傳 Volume 29: Book of Wei 29 - Biographies of fangshis and artisans Records of the Three Kingdoms 《三國志》 — count: 28
• 卷一百五十七　　列傳第八十二 陸贄 Volume 157 Biographies 82: Lu Zhi New Book of Tang 《新唐書》 — count: 27
• 卷101 氐 吐榖渾 宕昌 高昌 鄧至 蠻 獠 Volume 101: Di Peoples, Tuyuhun, Dangchang, Gaochang, Dengzhi, Man, Liao Book of Wei 《魏書》 — count: 26
• 卷一百三十九 列傳第八十九: 陸贄 Volume 139 Biographies 89: Lu Zhi Old Book of Tang 《舊唐書》 — count: 26
• 卷十四 魏書十四 程郭董劉蔣劉傳 Volume 14: Book of Wei 14 - Biographies of Cheng, Dong, Guo, Liu, Jiang, and Liu Records of the Three Kingdoms 《三國志》 — count: 24

Collocations

• 不亦难 (不亦難) 不亦難乎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 19
• 多难 (多難) 王事多難 — The Book of Songs 《詩經》, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧出車 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Chu Che — count: 10
• 实难 (實難) 衛實難 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 8
• 齐难 (齊難) 紀來諮謀齊難也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 7
• 免于难 (免於難) 庶免於難 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 5
• 辟难 (辟難) 事君不辟難 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
• 知难 (知難) 知難而退 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
• 难成 (難成) 專欲難成 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
• 告难 (告難) 不發表而告難于齊 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
• 难知 (難知) 否難知也 — The Book of Songs 《詩經》, 小雅‧節南山之什‧何人斯 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - He Ren Si — count: 4