Chinese word dictionary

百般刁难

bǎi bān diāo nàn · (idiom) to put up innumerable obstacles; to create all kinds of difficulties

Practice word

Word information

Simplified百般刁难

Traditional百般刁難

Pinyinbǎi bān diāo nàn

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

百bǎi

one hundred; numerous, many

般bān

sort, manner, kind, class

刁diāo

tricky, sly, crafty, cunning

难nán

hard, difficult, arduous; unable

How to learn 百般刁难

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

难过nánguò

to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult

难看nánkàn

ugly; unsightly

难题nántí

difficult problem

难听nántīng

unpleasant to hear; coarse; vulgar; offensive; shameful

一般yìbān

same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general

困难kùnnan

difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation