Chinese Word Entry
難關
Simplified Chinese form:
难关
Mandarin (Zhuyin): |
ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄢ
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Mandarin (Pinyin): |
nán guān
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Cantonese (Jyutping): |
naan4 gwaan1
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Definitions: |
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difficulty
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crisis
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Chinese characters used in this word
難
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difficult,
impossible,
trouble,
accident,
defect,
arduous,
hard,
unable
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Readings
Mandarin: |
ㄋㄢˊ (nán),
ㄋㄢˋ (nàn),
ㄋㄨㄛˊ (nuó)
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Cantonese: |
naan4
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Japanese: |
ナン (nan)
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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)
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Korean: |
난 (nan),
나 (na)
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Vietnamese: |
nan,
nạn
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Variants
Simplified Chinese form: |
难
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Simplified Japanese form: |
難 |
關
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connection,
barrier,
gateway,
involve,
concerning,
frontier pass,
close,
relation
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Readings
Mandarin: |
ㄍㄨㄢ (guān),
ㄨㄢ (wān),
ㄨㄢˇ (wǎn)
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Cantonese: |
gwaan1
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Japanese: |
カン (kan)、
ワン (wan)
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せき (seki)、
かか.わる (kakawaru)、
からくり (karakuri)、
かんぬき (kan'nuki)
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Korean: |
관 (gwan),
완 (wan)
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Vietnamese: |
quan,
loan
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Variants
Simplified Chinese form: |
关
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Simplified Japanese form: |
関
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Semantic variant forms: |
寡、
関
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