刁难 meaning in English
to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult; Taiwan pr. [diao1nan2]
Meaning of 刁难
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
diāonàn
- to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult
- Taiwan pr. [diao1nan2]
刁难 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
澳洲的考试方式并不是为了刁难受测者。
The method used for tests in Australia is not meant to be difficult for the people sitting them.
Stroke order for each character
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刁 diāo · tricky · 2 strokes
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难 nán · difficult · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 刁难.
| 难过 | nánguò | to feel sad; to feel unwell |
| 难受 | nánshòu | to feel unwell; to suffer pain |
| 难看 | nánkàn | ugly; unsightly |
| 难题 | nántí | difficult problem |
| 难听 | nántīng | unpleasant to hear; coarse |
| 难道 | nándào | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? |
| 困难 | kùnnan | difficult; challenging |
| 难度 | nándù | degree of difficulty |
| 难免 | nánmiǎn | hard to avoid; difficult to escape from |
| 艰难 | jiānnán | difficult; arduous; hard |
| 灾难 | zāinàn | disaster; catastrophe |
| 难以 | nányǐ | hard to (predict, imagine etc) |
Questions about 刁难
What does 刁难 mean?
刁难 (diāonàn) means "to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult; Taiwan pr. [diao1nan2]" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 刁难?
刁难 is made of 2 characters: 刁 (2 strokes), 难 (10 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.
Is 刁难 an HSK word?
Yes. 刁难 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 刁难 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 刁难 is written 刁難.