# 刁难 (diāonàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 刁难 (diāonàn) means “to make things difficult for; to give a hard time”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to make things difficult for; to give a hard time
- Pinyin: diāonàn (diao1 nan4)
- Traditional: 刁難
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 不要故意刁难新来的同事。
  Bùyào gùyì diāonàn xīnlái de tóngshì.
  Do not deliberately make things hard for newcomers.

## Characters

- 刁 (diāo): artful; wicked
- [难](https://hanziro.com/word/nan-difficult/) (nán): difficult

https://hanziro.com/word/diao-nan-make-things-difficult/

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