难过
nán guò 2–4
to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult
- Characters
- 2
- 难 · 过
- Syllables
- 2
- nán guò
- Frequency
- Less common
- corpus count 2,714
Part of speech: a
Character by character
- 难nán10 strokesHSK 1 traditional 難difficult, arduous, hard; unable
- 过guò7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 過pass, pass through, go across
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Example sentences
我很难过。
Wǒ hěn nán guò
I'm sad.
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Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 难过. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 过guòHSK 1
to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-
- 不过bù guòHSK 2
only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 通过tōng guòHSK 2
to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via
- 过去guò qùHSK 2
(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by
- 难nánHSK 1
difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
- 过来guò láiHSK 2
to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of
- 经过jīng guòHSK 2
to pass; to go through; process; course
- 过程guò chéngHSK 3
course of events; process
- 超过chāo guòHSK 2
to surpass; to exceed; to outstrip
- 困难kùn nanHSK 3
difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation
- 难道nán dàoHSK 3
don't tell me ...; could it be that...?
- 错过cuò guòHSK 6
to miss (train, opportunity etc)
- 难以nán yǐHSK 5
hard to (predict, imagine etc)
- 只不过zhǐ bu guòHSK 5
only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ...
- 度过dù guòHSK 4
to pass; to spend (time); to survive; to get through
- 艰难jiān nánHSK 5
difficult; hard; challenging
- 过分guò fènHSK 4
excessive; undue; overly
- 难受nán shòuHSK 2
to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear
- 过度guò dùHSK 5
excessive; over-; excess; going too far; extravagant; intemperate; overdue
- 路过lù guòHSK 6
to pass by or through
- 过于guò yúHSK 5
too much; excessively
- 难度nán dùHSK 3
degree of difficulty
- 穿过chuān guòHSK 7
to pass through
- 灾难zāi nànHSK 5
disaster; catastrophe