難為

See also: 难为

Chinese

		disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
trad. (難為/難爲)		難	為/爲
simp. (难为)		难	为
anagram		為難／为难

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nánwéi

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ wai⁴
Min Nan (POJ): lân-ûi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: nánwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanwei
  - IPA ^(key): /na̠n³⁵ u̯eɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: naan⁴ wai⁴
  - Yale: nàahn wàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ wai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ wei⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ wɐi̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-ûi
  - Tâi-lô: lân-uî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lan'uii
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² ui¹³/

Verb

難為

(literary) to be difficult to do

Derived terms

巧婦難為無米之炊／巧妇难为无米之炊 (qiǎofù nánwéi wúmǐzhīchuī)

難為情／难为情 (nánwéiqíng)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nánwei, nánwéi

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ˙ㄨㄟ, ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ wai^4-2
Min Nan (POJ): lân-ûi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: nánwei
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ˙ㄨㄟ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nan.uei
  - IPA ^(key): /na̠n³⁵ u̯eɪ̯³/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: nánwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanwei
  - IPA ^(key): /na̠n³⁵ u̯eɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: naan⁴ wai^4-2
  - Yale: nàahn wái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ wai^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ wei²
  - IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ wɐi̯²¹⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-ûi
  - Tâi-lô: lân-uî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lan'uii
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² ui¹³/

Verb

難為

to make it difficult for (someone)
to be a tough job for (someone)
(polite) An expression used to thank someone for doing something effort-taking
to spoil; to ruin; to waste

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.