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jiān

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English Definition	difficult; hard; hardship
Simplified Script	艰
Traditional Script	艱
Pinyin	jiān
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	gaan¹

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Words With Same Head Word
艰难	jiānnán	difficult; hard; challenging
艰苦	jiānkǔ	difficult; hard; arduous
艰钜	jiānjù	very different
艰巨	jiānjù	arduous; terrible (task); very difficult; formidable
艰辛	jiānxīn	hardships; arduous; difficult

Words With Same Tail Word
举步维艰	jǔbù wéi jiān	to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)
步履维艰	bùlǚ wéi jiān	to have difficulty walking (idiom); to walk with difficulty
丁艰	dīngjiān	(literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent

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