近日，2021年度汉字在台北揭晓，“难”字高票当选。
这项评选活动从2008年开始每年举办。
今年的评选活动从11月开始，在“困、迷、变、复、缓、拼、忧、难、危、忙…
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”等入选汉字中，经过两轮的投票选择，“难”字脱颖而出。
受到疫情反复和两岸关系的影响，不少被推荐的汉字都比较消极。
2021年新冠疫情反复，变异病毒层出不穷，人类与疾病艰难抗争，而大陆与台湾两岸的关系也有很多困难。
希望大家可以克服困难，消除疫情的影响，重振经济，改善大陆和台湾的两岸关系。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 近 | jìn | near / close to |
| 日 | rì | sun / day / date, day of the month |
| 年度 | nián dù | year |
| 汉字 | hàn zì | Chinese character(s) |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 台北 | Tái běi | Taipei, capital of Taiwan |
| 揭晓 | jiē xiǎo | to announce publicly / to publish / to make known / to disclose |
| 难 | nán | problem / difficulty |
| 字 | zì | letter / symbol / character / word |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 票 | piào | ticket / ballot / banknote / person held for ransom / amateur performance of Chinese opera |
| 当选 | dāng xuǎn | to be elected; to be selected |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 项 | xiàng | classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc |
| 评选 | píng xuǎn | to select on the basis of a vote or consensus |
| 活动 | huó dòng | (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity / (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 举办 | jǔ bàn | to conduct; to hold (an event) |
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 困 | kùn | to trap / to surround |
| 迷 | mí | crazy about / lost / confused |
| 变 | biàn | to change / to become different / to transform / to vary |
| 复 | fù | complex (not simple) / compound / composite / double / diplo- / duplicate / overlapping |
| 缓 | huǎn | slow / unhurried / sluggish / gradual / not tense / relaxed |
| 拼 | pīn | to piece together; to put together / to pool (resources etc); to share / to risk all; to go all out / to spell (words) |
| 忧 | yōu | anxiety / sorrow |
| 危 | wēi | danger |
| 忙 | máng | busy |
| 等 | děng | and so on; etc.; et al. / (used to end an enumeration) |
| 入选 | rù xuǎn | to be included among those selected for |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 经过 | jīng guò | to pass / to go through |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 轮 | lún | classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn |
| 投票 | tóu piào | vote |
| 选择 | xuǎn zé | choice; option; alternative |
| 脱颖而出 | tuō yǐng ér chū | to reveal one's talent (idiom) / to rise above others; to distinguish oneself |
| 受到 | shòu dào | to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) |
| 疫情 | yì qíng | epidemic situation |
| 反复 | fǎn fù | to upend / to come and go / (of an illness) to return |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 两岸 | liǎng àn | both shores / both sides / both coasts / Taiwan and mainland |
| 关系 | guān xì | relation / relationship / guanxi |
| 影响 | yǐng xiǎng | influence / effect |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 少 | shǎo | few / less |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 推荐 | tuī jiàn | to recommend |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 比较 | bǐ jiào | comparatively / relatively / quite |
| 消极 | xiāo jí | negative / passive / inactive |
| 新冠 | xīn guān | novel coronavirus |
| 变异 | biàn yì | variation |
| 病毒 | bìng dú | virus |
| 层出不穷 | céng chū bù qióng | innumerable succession / breeding like flies (idiom) |
| 人类 | rén lèi | humanity / human race / mankind |
| 与 | yǔ | (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast) |
| 疾病 | jí bìng | disease; sickness; ailment |
| 艰难 | jiān nán | difficult / hard / challenging |
| 抗争 | kàng zhēng | to resist / to make a stand and fight (against) |
| 而 | ér | but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates contrast) |
| 大陆 | Dà lù | mainland China (reference to the PRC) |
| 台湾 | Tái wān | Taiwan |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 困难 | kùn nan | difficult / challenging |
| 希望 | xī wàng | to hope |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 克服 | kè fú | (try to) overcome (hardships etc) |
| 消除 | xiāo chú | to eliminate / to remove |
| 重振 | chóng zhèn | to revitalize; to restore (prestige, prosperity etc) |
| 经济 | jīng jì | economy |
| 改善 | gǎi shàn | to make better; to improve |