难听
nán tīng
Pinyin

Definition

难听
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nán tīng
  1. unpleasant to hear
  2. coarse
  3. vulgar
  4. offensive
  5. shameful

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

困难
kùn nan
  1. 1 difficult
  2. 2 challenging
  3. 3 straitened circumstances
  4. 4 difficult situation
好听
hǎo tīng
  1. 1 pleasant to hear
听
tīng
  1. 1 to listen
  2. 2 to hear
  3. 3 to obey
  4. 4 a can (loanword from English "tin")
  5. 5 classifier for canned beverages
听到
tīng dào
  1. 1 to hear
难
nán
  1. 1 difficult (to...)
  2. 2 problem
  3. 3 difficulty
  4. 4 difficult
  5. 5 not good
难以
nán yǐ
  1. 1 hard to (predict, imagine etc)
难受
nán shòu
  1. 1 to feel unwell
  2. 2 to suffer pain
  3. 3 to be difficult to bear
难得
nán dé
  1. 1 seldom
  2. 2 rare
  3. 3 hard to come by
难过
nán guò
  1. 1 to feel sad
  2. 2 to feel unwell
  3. 3 (of life) to be difficult
难道
nán dào
  1. 1 don't tell me ...
  2. 2 could it be that...?
倾听
qīng tīng
  1. 1 to listen attentively
动听
dòng tīng
  1. 1 pleasant to listen to
患难
huàn nàn
  1. 1 trials and tribulations
打听
dǎ ting
  1. 1 to ask about
  2. 2 to make some inquiries
  3. 3 to ask around
接听
jiē tīng
  1. 1 to answer the phone
收听
shōu tīng
  1. 1 to listen to (a radio broadcast)
灾难
zāi nàn
  1. 1 disaster
  2. 2 catastrophe
为难
wéi nán
  1. 1 to feel embarrassed or awkward
  2. 2 to make things difficult (for someone)
  3. 3 to find things difficult (to do or manage)
磨难
mó nàn
  1. 1 a torment
  2. 2 a trial
  3. 3 tribulation
  4. 4 a cross (to bear)
  5. 5 well-tried
窃听
qiè tīng
  1. 1 to eavesdrop
  2. 2 to wiretap

Idioms (20)

一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
  1. 1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
一木难支
yī mù nán zhī
  1. 1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is helpless alone
一言既出，驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一言难尽
yī yán nán jìn
  1. 1 hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
不问就听不到假话
bù wèn jiù tīng bù dào jiǎ huà
  1. 1 Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
世上无难事，只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome
人心难测
rén xīn nán cè
  1. 1 hard to fathom a person's mind (idiom)
介于两难
jiè yú liǎng nán
  1. 1 to be on the horns of a dilemma (idiom)
劫数难逃
jié shù nán táo
  1. 1 Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand.
勉为其难
miǎn wéi qí nán
  1. 1 to tackle a difficult job (idiom)
  2. 2 to do sth reluctantly
千军易得，一将难求
qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú
  1. 1 Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
千载难逢
qiān zǎi nán féng
  1. 1 extremely rare (idiom)
  2. 2 once in a blue moon
千金难买
qiān jīn nán mǎi
  1. 1 can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom)
危言耸听
wēi yán sǒng tīng
  1. 1 frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk
  2. 2 reds under the beds
可共患难
kě gòng huàn nàn
  1. 1 to go through thick and thin together (idiom)
善财难舍
shàn cái nán shě
  1. 1 to cherish wealth and find it hard to give up (idiom); refusing to contribute to charity
  2. 2 skinflint
  3. 3 miserly
在家千日好，出门一时难
zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán
  1. 1 lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. there's no place like home
在所难免
zài suǒ nán miǎn
  1. 1 to be unavoidable (idiom)
坐立难安
zuò lì nán ān
  1. 1 unable to sit or stand still (out of nervousness etc) (idiom)

Sample Sentences

即便听到再难听的话，它也会心态极好：见仁见智吧。
jíbiàn tīngdào zài nántīng de huà ，tā yě huì xīntài jíhǎo ：jiànrénjiànzhì ba 。
Even though it hears hurtful words, it will have a great attitude and say, "Each is entitled to his own opinion."
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XP，真难听。就装win8吧，我想试试。
chā P ，zhēn nántīng 。jiù zhuāng win bā ba ，wǒ xiǎng shì shi 。
”XP“ That sounds gross! Just install Windows 8. I want to try it out.
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二百五就更难听一点。
èrbǎiwǔ jiù gèng nántīng yīdiǎn 。
"Er bai wu" is just a bit more unpleasant on the ears.
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老公，孩子的名字我们自己起吧。不要让你妈算什么生辰八字，又迷信又难听。
lǎogōng ，háizi de míngzi wǒmén zìjǐ qǐ ba 。bù yào ràng nǐ mā calculate shénme shēngchénbāzì ，yòu míxìn yòu nántīng 。
Darling, let's think of a name for the baby by ourselves. Let's not have your mom look at the eight characters that express the baby's birth. It's superstitious, and the names sound bad.
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什么？你是说我的名字难听吗？
shénme ？nǐ shì shuō wǒ de míngzi nántīng ma ？
What? Are you saying my name sounds bad?
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吃了炸药"就是乱骂人，说话很难听。
chī le zhàyào "jiùshì luàn màrén ，shuōhuà hěn nántīng 。
To 'eat explosives' is to swear at people and say awful-sounding things.
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硬"是比较"硬"的话，比较难听的话，威胁你的话。
yìng "shì bǐjiào "yìng "de huà ，bǐjiào nántīng de huà ，wēixié nǐ de huà 。
'Hard' means relatively 'tough' language, rough-sounding language, threatening language.
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铃声真难听。小王呢？
língshēng zhēn nántīng 。Xiǎo Wáng ne ？
What a terrible ringtone. Where's Xiao Wang?
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你说话怎么那么难听呢？你过马路怎么不走斑马线？
nǐ shuōhuà zěnme nàme nántīng ne ？nǐ guò mǎlù zěnme bù zǒu bānmǎxiàn ？
Why are you speaking so crudely? Why didn't you cross at the crosswalk?
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唱得真难听！
chàng de zhēn nántīng ！
What awful singing!
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