Sentence #6070906 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 难题 is built
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难nándifficult
又again · yòu
隹short-tailed bird · zhuī
Memory aidPicture a hand 又 trying to catch a bird 隹: difficult.
题títopic
是to be · shìSound part
页page · xiéMeaning part
页 hints at the meaning (page); 是 (shì) hints at the sound. Compare it with tí.
Memory aidHead 页 with 是 (shì) for the sound. It first meant the forehead, and so a title or topic.
How to write 难题
难 10 strokes · 题 15 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 难题 (nántí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
难题 (nántí) means “difficult problem” or “hard question”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it nántí: nán with a 2nd tone, then tí 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, 难题 is written 難題. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type nanti with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 难题 from the suggestions. Typing nanti into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
难题 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older 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.
难nán2nd tone, rising
