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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 难熬

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
难熬 nán aó - (of pain or hardship) hard to bear

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 22,997 11,418

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
难 nán- difficult (to...)
- problem
- difficulty
- difficult
- not good
难 nàn- disaster
- distress
- to scold
熬 aō- to boil; to simmer
熬 aó- to cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct
- to endure

Other Words Containing 难熬

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo