Chinese Word Entry

難關

Simplified Chinese form: 难关

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄢ
Mandarin (Pinyin): nán guān
Cantonese (Jyutping): naan4 gwaan1
Definitions:
  1. difficulty

  2. crisis


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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
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connection, barrier, gateway, involve, concerning, frontier pass, close, relation
Readings
Mandarin: ㄍㄨㄢ (guān), ㄨㄢ (wān), ㄨㄢˇ (wǎn)
Cantonese: gwaan1
Japanese: カン (kan)、 ワン (wan) / せき (seki)、 かか.わる (kakawaru)、 からくり (karakuri)、 かんぬき (kan'nuki)
Korean: 관 (gwan), 완 (wan)
Vietnamese: quan, loan
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