难熬

Traditional (Taiwan): 難熬

nán'áo ㄋㄢˊ ㄠˊ

    • hard to bear

      of pain or hardship

Character by character

Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms 近义词

  • 难忍 nánrěn
    • 难忍饥饿 can't bear the hunger
    • 寒冷难忍 the cold is unbearable
  • 煎熬 jiān'áo
    • 受尽煎熬 suffer all kinds of torment
    • 痛苦的煎熬 painful torment

Telling them apart

难熬 means too painful to get through, physically or mentally, and works in speech and writing. 难忍 is milder and can also cover humiliation, as in 屈辱难忍. 煎熬 stresses mental torment, is stronger, and is mainly written; it is often a noun or verb (受尽煎熬).

Other words read nán'áo

nan'ao with other tones

  • 南澳 nán'ào South Australia

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