Chinese symbol for “difficulty”
难点
nán diǎn
Traditional: 難點
difficulty
The closest CC-CEDICT match for difficulty is 难点 (nán diǎn), defined as: difficulty.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “difficulty”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 难关 (難關) | nán guān | difficulty; crisis |
| 难 (難) | nán | difficult (to...); problem |
| 难易 (難易) | nán yì | difficulty; degree of difficulty or ease |
| 难处 (難處) | nán chu | trouble; difficulty; problem |
| 饥荒 (饑荒) | jī huāng | crop failure; famine |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 难点.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 困难 (困難) | kùn nan | difficult; challenging |
| 难道 (難道) | nán dào | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? |
| 难以 (難以) | nán yǐ | hard to (predict, imagine etc) |
| 难过 (難過) | nán guò | to feel sad; to feel unwell |
| 难民 (難民) | nàn mín | refugee |
| 灾难 (災難) | zāi nàn | disaster; catastrophe |
| 一点 (一點) | yī diǎn | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit |
| 重点 (重點) | chóng diǎn | to recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “difficulty”.
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