HSK 5 · Adjectives

艰巨 jiānjù “arduous” in Chinese

Traditional 艱巨

What 艰巨 means

  1. arduous
  2. formidable (task)

How to say 艰巨

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale艰jiān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale巨jù4th tone, falling

艰巨 in a sentence

  1. 我老板把艰巨的任务指派给了我。

    Wǒ lǎobǎn bǎ jiānjù de rènwu zhǐpài gěi le wǒ.

    My boss gave me the difficult task.

    Sentence #334615 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 艰巨 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 艰 (jiān) with each of its parts in a different colour
艰jiāndifficult
  • 又again · yòu
  • 艮stopping · gěnMeaning part

艮 hints at the meaning (stopping); 堇 (jǐn) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiān.

The character 巨 (jù) drawn as one shape
巨jùvery large; huge; tremendous; gigantic

巨 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 艰巨

艰 8 strokes · 巨 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

艰巨 (jiānjù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 艰巨 (jiānjù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 艰巨

Words with 艰

艰苦jiānkǔ · difficult艰难jiānnán · difficult

Words with 巨

巨大jùdà · huge

More words: Adjectives

活跃huóyuè · active激烈jīliè · (of competition or fighting) intense坚决jiānjué · firm坚强jiānqiáng · staunch艰苦jiānkǔ · difficult狡猾jiǎohuá · crafty结实jiēshi · sturdy紧急jǐnjí · urgent

FAQs

艰巨 (jiānjù) means “arduous” or “formidable (task)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiānjù: jiān with a 1st tone, then jù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 艰巨 is written 艱巨. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jianju with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 艰巨 from the suggestions. Typing jianju into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
艰巨 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.