Word information
Simplified难听
Traditional難聽
Pinyinnántīng
Part of speech形
HSK 3.03
HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
难听
nántīng · unpleasant to hear; coarse; vulgar; offensive; shameful
Character breakdown
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好听hǎotīng
pleasant to hear
听tīngto listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
听见tīngjiànto hear
难nándifficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
难过nánguòto feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult
难看nánkànugly; unsightly