HSK 2 · Qualities

难听

nán tīng

unpleasant to hear

Stroke order of 难听

2 characters, 17 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

难 · 10 strokes 听 · 7 strokes

Memory trick

Hard (难) to listen to (听): unpleasant to hear.

Parts: 难 hard + 听 listen

The characters in 难听

难 nán — difficult; hard (10 strokes)
听 tīng — to listen; to hear (7 strokes)

Example sentence

这首歌真难听。

This song sounds really bad.

Words with 难

难difficult; hard 难受to feel unwell; unbearable 难题difficult problem 难过sad; upset 难看ugly 难道could it be that 困难difficulty; difficult 难度degree of difficulty

Words with 听

听写dictation; to write from dictation 好听pleasant to hear 听to listen; to hear 听见to hear 听到to hear 听讲to attend a lecture 听说to hear (it said)听力listening ability 收听to listen to (radio)听众audience; listeners 打听to ask about

More words: Qualities

安静quiet 方便convenient 合适suitable 不错not bad; pretty good 难看ugly 脏dirty 低low 短short 轻light (in weight)平flat; level 高级advanced; high-level 中级intermediate 有意思interesting 特别special; especially 假fake; false

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