困難 (kwan3 naan4 | kun4 nan5) : difficult; hard

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困難

kwan3 naan4

kun4 nan5

difficult; hard. Cant. prefers 艱難 over 困難. Mand. prefers 困難 over 艱難

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 10,300,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

困難 / 困难

This word has been viewed 6030 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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困 kwan3 - in poverty; surround; stranded; trap; tired
難 naan4 naan6 - difficult; unpleasant; calamity; blame

4 compounds containing this word:

困難在於 - the problem is...
面臨困難 - to be faced with problems
月經困難症 - dysmenorrhea
誦讀困難 - dyslexia

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呢件事睇起嚟好困難﹐但係做落去好容易。粵
This task seems quite difficult, but doing it is really easy.
[Aspect markers 起嚟 and 落去 function rather like antonyms, originally meaning "starting to" and "carrying on" respectively. ]

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Decimal representation of this word: 困難

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