# 灾难 (zāinàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 灾难 (zāinàn) means “disaster; catastrophe”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: disaster; catastrophe
- Pinyin: zāinàn (zai1 nan4)
- Traditional: 災難
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 这场大火是一场灾难。
  Zhè chǎng dàhuǒ shì yì chǎng zāinàn.
  This fire was a huge catastrophe.

## Characters

- [灾](https://hanziro.com/word/zai-disaster/) (zāi): disaster; calamity
- [难](https://hanziro.com/word/nan-difficult/) (nán): difficult

https://hanziro.com/word/zai-nan-disaster/

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