难耐

難耐
nánnài
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 unbearable
  2. 2 hard to bear

Examples

HSK 7-9
Qīyuè de Nánjīng mēnrè nánnài.
July in Nanjing is unbearably hot and muggy.
HSK 7-9
Tā zài yīyuàn děng le yì zhěngtiān, xīnli jiāojí nánnài.
He waited at the hospital all day, unbearably anxious.

Tips

usage
难耐 comes after the thing that is hard to bear, usually making a four-character phrase: 酷暑难耐 'unbearable summer heat', 饥饿难耐 'unbearably hungry', 寂寞难耐 'unbearably lonely'. It is a written word; in speech people say 受不了.

Stroke Order

难 nán
耐 nài