Sad in Chinese
sad · HSK 3
难过
- 难 difficult
- 过 to cross
听到这个消息，她很难过。 She was very sad to hear the news.
Other ways to say sad
More words with 难 or 过
How do you say sad in Chinese?
Sad in Chinese is 难过 (nán guò). You can also say 伤心 (shāng xīn), 不幸 (bù xìng), 悲伤 (bēi shāng), 难受 (nán shòu).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.