# 苦难 (kǔnàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 苦难 (kǔnàn) means “suffering; hardship; misery”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: suffering; hardship; misery
- Pinyin: kǔnàn (ku3 nan4)
- Traditional: 苦難
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 战争给人们带来了苦难。
  Zhànzhēng gěi rénmen dài lái le kǔnàn.
  The war brought great suffering to people.

## Characters

- [苦](https://hanziro.com/word/ku-bitter/) (kǔ): bitter; hardship
- [难](https://hanziro.com/word/nan-difficult/) (nán): difficult

https://hanziro.com/word/ku-nan-suffering/

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