| 1 | 难 | 難 | nán | nan2 | difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good | | |
| 2 | 难道 | 難道 | nán dào | nan2 dao4 | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? | | |
| 3 | 难以 | 難以 | nán yǐ | nan2 yi3 | hard to (predict, imagine etc) | | |
| 4 | 难过 | 難過 | nán guò | nan2 guo4 | to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult | | |
| 5 | 难免 | 難免 | nán miǎn | nan2 mian3 | hard to avoid; difficult to escape from; will inevitably | | |
| 6 | 难得 | 難得 | nán dé | nan2 de2 | seldom; rare; hard to come by | | |
| 7 | 难题 | 難題 | nán tí | nan2 ti2 | difficult problem | | |
| 8 | 难受 | 難受 | nán shòu | nan2 shou4 | to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear | | |
| 9 | 难怪 | 難怪 | nán guài | nan2 guai4 | (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that) | | |
| 10 | 难看 | 難看 | nán kàn | nan2 kan4 | ugly; unsightly | | |
| 11 | 难度 | 難度 | nán dù | nan2 du4 | trouble; problem | | |
| 12 | 难忘 | 難忘 | nán wàng | nan2 wang4 | unforgettable | | |
| 13 | 难堪 | 難堪 | nán kān | nan2 kan1 | hard to take; embarrassed | | |
| 14 | 难关 | 難關 | nán guān | nan2 guan1 | difficulty; crisis | | |
| 15 | 难点 | 難點 | nán diǎn | nan2 dian3 | difficulty | | |
| 16 | 难得一见 | 難得一見 | nán dé yī jiàn | nan2 de2 yi1 jian4 | rarely seen | | |
| 17 | 难懂 | 難懂 | nán dǒng | nan2 dong3 | difficult to understand | | |
| 18 | 难吃 | 難吃 | nán chī | nan2 chi1 | unpalatable | | |
| 19 | 难偿所愿 | 難償所願 | nán cháng suǒ yuàn | nan2 chang2 suo3 yuan4 | It is difficult to fulfill one's wishes | | |
| 20 | 难产 | 難產 | nán chǎn | nan2 chan3 | difficult birth; (fig.) difficult to achieve | | |
| 21 | 难缠 | 難纏 | nán chán | nan2 chan2 | (usu. of people) difficult; demanding; troublesome; unreasonable; hard to deal with | | |
| 22 | 难走 | 難走 | nán zǒu | nan2 zou3 | hard to get to; difficult to travel (i.e. the road is bad) | | |
| 23 | 难不成 | 難不成 | nán bù chéng | nan2 bu4 cheng2 | Is it possible that ... ? | | |
| 24 | 难辨戳记 | 難辨戳記 | nán biàn chuō jì | nan2 bian4 chuo1 ji4 | to be illegibly blurred (of stamp marks) (idiom) | | |
| 25 | 难保 | 難保 | nán bǎo | nan2 bao3 | hard to say; can't guarantee; difficult to protect; difficult to preserve | | |