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  naan4 naan6   jyutping
  nan2 nan4   pinyin
[]naan4 []nan2
[1] [adj] difficult; hard; arduous | Ant.
[2] [v] corner sb; put sb in a difficult position
[3] [adj] unpleasant; bad; offensive

[]naan6 []nan4
[1] [n] calamity; misfortune; disaster
[2] [v] blame; rebuke; reprove

Default PoS: adjective Additional PoS: nounverb
Stroke count: 19
Level: 2
Radical: (#172)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
難 / 难

This word has been viewed 16378 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 21st Jan 2014 14:19

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detail  gaan1 naan4  jian1 nan2 = difficult; hard
detail  kwan3 naan4  kun4 nan5 = difficult; hard
detail  naan4 hek3   = to taste bad; hard to eat
detail  naan4 ding2  nan2 ding3 = unbearable; insufferable
detail  naan4 gwaai3  nan2 guai4 = no wonder
detail  naan4 dou6*3  nan2 dao4 = could it be that...?
detail  hou2 naan4 gong2   = hard to say; there's no telling
detail  ji4 naan4  yi2 nan2 = difficult (problem)
detail  zoi1 naan6  zai1 nan4 = disaster; catastrophe
detail  naan4 gwo3  nan2 guo4 = sorrow, to feel sad
See all 117 compounds (CantoDict reports 120 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 11 examples containing 難
detail 佢嘅地埗
His address is hard to find.
[Lit. His address very hard find.]
detail audio 廣東話
Cantonese is very difficult to learn.
detail 難睇
Are my (Chinese) characters that hard to read?
[Lit. Me [plural counter] characters very hard read [particle]? D=啲 and is commonly used in Hong Kong.]
detail 真係多謝雪中送炭我哋先至難關
We really must thank you for giving us (the money, food, material needs etc) so that we can make it through the hard times.
detail audio 誠意勉為其難原諒你呢
Since you’re so sincere, I’ll reluctantly forgive you just this once!
detail 凹凸不平
This road is so uneven, it's so difficult to walk!
detail audio 危難,"不需上前";,"上陣不離父子兵"。
A son would would protect his father and face the danger himself; but in times of emergency, both son and father would fight the battle together.
detail 光陰光陰
Time is as valuable as gold. However, one cannot buy time with gold.
detail 時間配合難以置信
The coincidentalness of the timing is too hard to believe.
detail 睇起困難但係落去好容易
This task seems quite difficult, but doing it is really easy.
[Aspect markers 起嚟 and 落去 function rather like antonyms, originally meaning "starting to" and "carrying on" respectively. ]
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