困难

kùnnan

difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances

adjectivenoun HSK 3.0 · Band 4 trad. 困難

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困
难

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

困
  • 困kùnto trapB4
  • 困扰kùnrǎoto perplexB6
  • 贫困pínkùnimpoverishedB6
  • 困惑kùnhuòbewilderedB7
  • 困境kùnjìngpredicamentB7
难

See it in sentences

学习上有困难就问老师。

Ask the teacher when study gets hard.

他不怕困难。

He is not afraid of difficulties.