Expressing "difficult" with "nan"

Structure

Just as 好 can be used to indicate that it's easy to do something, 难 (nán) can be attached to verbs to indicate that something is hard to do or bad to do. The structure is:

难 + Verb

Examples

• 难懂
• 难学
• 难做
• 难买

See also

• Easy to do something
• Expressing Difficulty with "hao (bu) rongyi"

Sources and further reading

Books

• Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (pp. 233) →buy