Meaning
difficult; hard; hardship
Chinese: 艰难、艰苦。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “jian” becomes a different word in each tone. 艰 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 艰难jiān nándifficult; hard; challenging
- 艰苦jiān kǔdifficult; hard; arduous
- 艰巨jiān jù(of a task, mission or responsibility) extremely difficult; challenging; demanding
- 艰辛jiān xīnhardships; arduous; difficult
- 艰苦奋斗jiān kǔ fèn dòuto struggle arduously
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Example Sentence
经过艰苦的努力，他们终于完成了任务。Jīng guò jiān kǔ de nǔ lì, tā men zhōng yú wán chéng le rèn wu.After hard efforts, they finally completed the task.
经过Jīng guòto pass艰苦jiān kǔdifficult的deof努力nǔ lìhard-working，他们tā menthey终于zhōng yúat last完成wán chéngto complete了le(completed action)任务rèn wumission。