Chinese Word Entry

難聽

Simplified Chinese form: 难听

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄧㄥ
Mandarin (Pinyin): nán tīng
Cantonese (Jyutping): naan4 teng1
Definitions:
  1. unpleasant to hear

  2. coarse

  3. vulgar

  4. offensive

  5. shameful


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Chinese characters used in this word

difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect, arduous, hard, unable
Readings
Mandarin: ㄋㄢˊ (nán), ㄋㄢˋ (nàn), ㄋㄨㄛˊ (nuó)
Cantonese: naan4
Japanese: ナン (nan) / かた.い (katai)、 -がた.い (-gatai)、 むずか.しい (muzukashii)、 むづか.しい (mudukashii)、 むつか.しい (mutsukashii)、 -にく.い (-nikui)
Korean: 난 (nan), 나 (na)
Vietnamese: nan, nạn
Variants
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careful enquiry, headstrong, hear, listen, understand, obey
Readings
Mandarin: ㄊㄧㄥ (tīng), ㄊㄧㄥˋ (tìng)
Cantonese: ting1
Japanese: チョウ (chou)、 テイ (tei) / き.く (kiku)、 ゆる.す (yurusu)
Korean: 청 (cheong)
Vietnamese: thính
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