難 (naan4 naan6 | nan2 nan4) : difficult; unpleasant; calamity; blame

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難

naan4 naan6

nan2 nan4

[粵]naan4 [國]nan2
[1] [adj] difficult; hard; arduous | Ant. 易
[2] [v] corner sb; put sb in a difficult position
[3] [adj] unpleasant; bad; offensive

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

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Stroke count: 19

Level: 2

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

難 / 难

This word has been viewed 19869 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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艱難 gaan1 naan4 jian1 nan2 = difficult; hard

困難 kwan3 naan4 kun4 nan5 = difficult; hard

難吃 naan4 hek3 = to taste bad; hard to eat 國

難頂 naan4 ding2 nan2 ding3 = unbearable; insufferable 粵

難怪 naan4 gwaai3 nan2 guai4 = no wonder

難道 naan4 dou6*3 nan2 dao4 = could it be that...? 國

好難講 hou2 naan4 gong2 = hard to say; there's no telling 粵

疑難 ji4 naan4 yi2 nan2 = difficult (problem)

災難 zoi1 naan6 zai1 nan4 = disaster; catastrophe

難過 naan4 gwo3 nan2 guo4 = sorrow, to feel sad
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Showing 10 of 11 examples containing 難

佢嘅地埗好難搵粵
His address is hard to find.
[Lit. His address very hard find.]

廣東話好難學粵
Cantonese is very difficult to learn.

我Ｄ字好難睇咩？粵
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.]

真係要多謝你雪中送炭我哋先至會捱過難關粵
We really must thank you for giving us (the money, food, material needs etc) so that we can make it through the hard times.

見你咁有誠意我就勉為其難原諒你呢次！粵
Since you’re so sincere, I’ll reluctantly forgive you just this once!

這條路凹凸不平，真難走！
This road is so uneven, it's so difficult to walk!

危難中，"有子不需父上前"；搶險時，"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.

一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰
Time is as valuable as gold. However, one cannot buy time with gold.

時間嘅配合好難以置信粵
The coincidentalness of the timing is too hard to believe.

呢件事睇起嚟好困難﹐但係做落去好容易。粵
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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