Meaning of 苦难
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
kǔnàn
- suffering
苦难 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
你遇到苦难的时候，朋友们可以帮助你经受住。
When you encounter difficulties, friends can help you deal with them.
我们不能忽视暴政之下饱受苦难的人民。
We must not ignore populations suffering under misgovernment.
Stroke order for each character
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苦 kǔ · bitter · 8 strokes
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难 nán · difficult · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 苦难.
| 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...? |
| 痛苦 | tòngkǔ | pain; suffering |
| 困难 | kùnnan | difficult; challenging |
| 难度 | nándù | degree of difficulty |
| 难免 | nánmiǎn | hard to avoid; difficult to escape from |
| 辛苦 | xīnkǔ | exhausting; hard |
| 艰难 | jiānnán | difficult; arduous; hard |
Questions about 苦难
What does 苦难 mean?
苦难 (kǔnàn) means "suffering" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 苦难?
苦难 is made of 2 characters: 苦 (8 strokes), 难 (10 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.
Is 苦难 an HSK word?
Yes. 苦难 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 苦难 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 苦难 is written 苦難.