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
- Cantonese (Jyutping): naan4 wai4
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): nang2 ui2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lân-ûi
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: nánwéi
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nánwéi
- Wade–Giles: nan2-wei2
- Yale: nán-wéi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanwei
- Palladius: наньвэй (nanʹvɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /nän³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: naan4 wai4
- Yale: nàahn wàih
- Cantonese Pinyin: naan4 wai4
- Guangdong Romanization: nan4 wei4
- Sinological IPA (key): /naːn²¹ wɐi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: nang2 ui2 [Phonetic: nang5 ui2]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: náng-úi
- Sinological IPA (key): /naŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ui¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: nang2 ui2 [Phonetic: nang5 ui2]
- Sinological IPA (key): /naŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ui²⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (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/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Verb
難為
- (literary) to be difficult to do
Derived terms
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): naan4 wai4-2
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): nang2 ui2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lân-ûi
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 6ne-we6 / 2ne-we2 / 2nae-ve2 / 2naen-wei2 / 2nae-we2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: nánwei
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ˙ㄨㄟ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nánwe̊i
- Wade–Giles: nan2-wei5
- Yale: nán-wei
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nan.uei
- Palladius: наньвэй (nanʹvɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /nän³⁵ weɪ̯³/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: nánwéi
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nánwéi
- Wade–Giles: nan2-wei2
- Yale: nán-wéi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanwei
- Palladius: наньвэй (nanʹvɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /nän³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: naan4 wai4-2
- Yale: nàahn wái
- Cantonese Pinyin: naan4 wai4-2
- Guangdong Romanization: nan4 wei4-2
- Sinological IPA (key): /naːn²¹ wɐi̯²¹⁻³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: nang2 ui2 [Phonetic: nang5 ui2]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: náng-úi
- Sinological IPA (key): /naŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ui¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: nang2 ui2 [Phonetic: nang5 ui2]
- Sinological IPA (key): /naŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ui²⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (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/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
- Wugniu: 6ne-we6
- MiniDict: ne去 we去
- Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3ne-hhue3
- Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ne²² ɦue⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
- Wugniu: 2ne-we2
- MiniDict: ne平 we平
- Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ne²² ɦue³³/
- (Northern: Songjiang)
- Wugniu: 2nae-ve2
- Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /nɛ¹⁵ βe⁵³/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
- Wugniu: 2naen-wei2
- MiniDict: naen平 wei平
- Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /nẽ̞²² ɦui³⁴/
- (Northern: Haining)
- Wugniu: 2nae-we2
- Sinological IPA (Haining): /nɛ¹¹ ɦue⁵⁵/
- (Northern: Shanghai)
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 that takes effort
- to spoil; to ruin; to waste
- (polite, chiefly Northern Wu) to expend; to spend; to squander; to waste (something valuable)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- 鬼相打難為生病人 / 鬼相打难为生病人