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难以 (nán yǐ) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 5

难以 (nán yǐ) is a Chinese word: difficult to, hard to. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 难以

动 dòng verb

difficult to, hard to

这种感觉难以形容。

zhè zhǒng gǎn jué nán yǐ xíng róng

This feeling is hard to describe.

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Word breakdown

难 nán — difficult, hard

以 yǐ — to (grammatical connector to following verb)

Structure & writing
1 难 nán — difficult; not easy (opposite of 易)
Xpinyin
难 is a component in 3 characters

consists of

1.1 又 yòu — again; indicating repetition or successive occurrence of an action
又 is a component in 38 characters
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Stroke order

2 以 yǐ — with, by means of, using
以 is a component in 2 characters

以 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

Stroke order