Sad in Chinese (Mandarin): 难过 (nánguò)
难过
nánguò
sad
- Simplified
- 难过
- Traditional
- 難過
- Pinyin
- nánguò
- Typed as
- nanguo
Use it in a sentence
我的小妹妹很难过。
我的小妹妹很難過。
My little sister is very sad.
The characters in 难过
难 / 難
Hard, difficult.
10 strokes
过 / 過
To pass, to go through.
6 strokes
难过 is "hard to get through". When a friend is sad, you can ask 你怎么了？ (Nǐ zěnme le?), what's wrong?
More examples with 难过
小狗不见了，我很难过。
小狗不見了，我很難過。
Xiǎo gǒu bú jiàn le, wǒ hěn nánguò.
My puppy is lost, and I am very sad.
别难过。
別難過。
Bié nánguò.
Don't be sad.
How to write 难过 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
难 10 strokes
过 6 strokes
In Traditional characters:
難 19 strokes
過 12 strokes
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