难

• 拼音: nán
• 汉字拆解: 难 = simplified form of 難; 又 (hand) + 隹 (bird, phonetic)

含义

Difficult; hard. Describes something that is not easy to do, understand, or deal with.

One of the most common adjectives in Chinese. The opposite of 容易 (easy). Used to describe tasks, subjects, questions, or situations. Also appears in compounds like 难过 (sad), 难看 (ugly), 难吃 (bad-tasting).

例句

1. 这道题很难。
2. 中文难不难？
3. 今天的考试太难了。

用法指南

语境: description, learning

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 这个问题不太难。(This question is not too difficult.)
• 学中文难吗？(Is it hard to learn Chinese?)

错误说法

• 这很难的。(In standard Mandarin, say 这很难 without 的; adding 的 at the end sounds like southern dialect)

起源与历史

The simplified character derives from the traditional 難, which combined 隹 (short-tailed bird) and 堇 (phonetic), originally meaning a type of bird and later acquiring the meaning of difficulty.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal