HSK 6 · Adjectives

难得 nándé “rare” in Chinese

Traditional 難得

What 难得 means

  1. rare
  2. hard to come by
  3. seldom

How to say 难得

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale难nán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale得dé2nd tone, rising

难得 in a sentence

  1. 这样的好机会很难得。

    Zhèyàng de hǎo jīhuì hěn nándé.

    A good chance like this doesn’t come along often.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 今天天气这么好，真是难得。

    Jīntiān tiānqì zhème hǎo, zhēn shì nándé.

    Such nice weather today is a rare treat.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 难得 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 难 (nán) with each of its parts in a different colour
难nándifficult
  • 又again · yòu
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuī

Memory aidPicture a hand 又 trying to catch a bird 隹: difficult.

The character 得 (de) with each of its parts in a different colour
得déto obtain
  • 彳step · chì
  • 旦dawn · dàn
  • 寸inch · cùn

Memory aidA hand 寸 picking up a shell, once used as money, while out on the road 彳: to get.

How to write 难得

难 10 strokes · 得 11 strokes

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

Words related to 难得

Words with 难

难nán · difficult难过nánguò · be grieved难题nántí · difficult problem难看nánkàn · ugly难听nántīng · unpleasant to hear困难kùnnan · difficult难受nánshòu · to feel unwell难道nándào · don’t tell me …难免nánmiǎn · hard to avoid难怪nánguài · (it’s) no wonder (that…)

Words with 得

得de · particle linking a verb to how it is done (e.g. 跑得快觉得juéde · to feel记得jìde · remember得到dédào · to get得分défēn · to score (points)懂得dǒngde · to understand认得rènde · to recognise获得huòdé · to obtain得意déyì · proud of oneself值得zhíde · to be worth

More words: Adjectives

敏锐mǐnruì · sharp迷人mírén · charming莫名其妙mòmíngqímiào · baffling耐用nàiyòng · durable难能可贵nánnéngkěguì · rare and commendable拿手náshǒu · good at内在nèizài · inner浓厚nónghòu · strong

FAQs

难得 (nándé) means “rare” or “hard to come by”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it nándé: nán with a 2nd tone, then dé with a 2nd 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, 难得 is written 難得. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type nande with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 难得 from the suggestions. Typing nande into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
难得 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.