| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 避難所 | 避难所 | bì nán suǒ | refuge |
| 避難 | 避难 | bì nàn | [take] refuge; seek (political, etc) asylum |
| 便難 | 便难 | biàn nàn | retort with challenging questions; debate |
| 出難題 | 出难题 | chū nán tí | to raise a tough question |
| 非難 | 非难 | fēi nàn | reproof; blame |
| 孤掌難鳴 | 孤掌难鸣 | gū zhǎng nán míng | It's hard to clap with only one hand.; It takes two to tango; It's difficult to achieve anything without support. |
| 航天飛機挑戰者號災難 | 航天飞机挑战者号灾难 | Háng tiān Fēi jī Tiǎo zhàn zhě hào zāi nàn | Space Shuttle Challenger disaster |
| 患難 | 患难 | huàn nàn | trials and tribulations |
| 基督受難日 | 基督受难日 | Jī dū shòu nán rì | Good Friday |
| 艱難 | 艰难 | jiān nán | difficult |
| 緊急避難 | 紧急避难 | jǐn jí bì nàn | necessity |
| 進退兩難 | 进退两难 | jìn tuì liǎng nán | dilemma |
| 空難 | 空难 | kōng nàn | aviation accidents and incidents |
| 苦難 | 苦难 | kǔ nàn | (n) suffering |
| 礦難 | 矿难 | kuàng nàn | mining disaster |
| 困難在於 | 困难在于 | kùn nán zài yú | the problem is... |
| 困難 | 困难 | kùn nan | (financial, etc.) difficulty; problem; issue |
| 罹難 | 罹难 | lí nàn | fatality; to die in an accident; to be killed |
| 聯合國難民事務高級專員辦事處 | 联合国难民事务高级专员办事处 | Lián hé guó Nàn mín Shì wù Gāo jí Zhuān yuán Bàn shì chù | Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
| 面臨困難 | 面临困难 | miàn lín kùn nán | to be faced with problems |
| 難 | 难 | nán | difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good |
| 難捱 | 难捱 | nán ái | trying, difficult |
| 難保 | 难保 | nán bǎo | to be difficult to protect; difficult to protect |
| 難處 | 难处 | nán chu | (n) trouble; problems |
| 難道 | 难道 | nán dào | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? |
| 難得 | 难得 | nán dé | seldom; rare; hard to come by |
| 難度 | 难度 | nán dù | (n) trouble; problem |
| 難怪 | 难怪 | nán guài | (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that) |
| 難關 | 难关 | nán guān | (n) difficult point; crisis |
| 難過 | 难过 | nán guò | feel sorry; be grieved |
| 難堪 | 难堪 | nán kān | (adj) hard to endure; (adj) embarrassing |
| 難看 | 难看 | nán kàn | ugly; unsightly |
| 難免 | 难免 | nán miǎn | (adj) difficult to avoid or escape from |
| 難受 | 难受 | nán shòu | feel unwell; suffer pain |
| 難題 | 难题 | nán tí | difficult problem |
| 難忘 | 难忘 | nán wàng | unforgettable |
| 難為情 | 难为情 | nán wéi qíng | embarrassed |
| 難以 | 难以 | nán yǐ | hard to (predict, imagine, etc.) |
| 難以應付 | 难以应付 | nán yǐ yìng fu | hard to deal with; hard to handle |
| 難以置信 | 难以置信 | nán yǐ zhì xìn | incredible |
| 難 | 难 | nàn | disaster; distress; to scold |
| 難民 | 难民 | nàn mín | refugee |
| 難民營 | 难民营 | nàn mín yíng | refugee camp |
| 受難紀念 | 受难纪念 | shòu nán jì niàn | memorial |
| 受難者 | 受难者 | shòu nàn zhě | sufferer |
| 死難 | 死难 | sǐ nán | die in accident or political incident |
| 死難者 | 死难者 | sǐ nán zhě | one who died for one's country |
| 孫家灣礦難 | 孙家湾矿难 | sūn jiā wān kuàng nàn | 2005 Sunjiawan mine disaster |
| 危難 | 危难 | wēi nàn | calamity |
| 為難 | 为难 | wéi nán | make things difficult for |
| 耶穌受難記 | 耶稣受难记 | Yē sū shòu nán jì | The Passion of the Christ |
| 疑難 | 疑难 | yí nán | (adj) difficult to solve; complicated |
| 遇難船 | 遇难船 | yù nán chuán | shipwreck |
| 遇難者 | 遇难者 | yù nán zhě | victim; fatality |
| 遇難 | 遇难 | yù nàn | to perish; to be killed |
| 災難 | 灾难 | zāi nàn | disaster; catastrophe |
| 責難 | 责难 | zé nàn | censure |
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