難說
See also: 难说
Chinese
disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good |
to speak; to say; persuade (politically) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (難說) | 難 | 說 | |
| simp. (难说) | 难 | 说 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: nánshuō
- Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄨㄛ
- Tongyong Pinyin: nánshuo
- Wade–Giles: nan2-shuo1
- Yale: nán-shwō
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanshuo
- Palladius: наньшо (nanʹšo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /nän³⁵ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: naan4 syut3
- Yale: nàahn syut
- Cantonese Pinyin: naan4 syt8
- Guangdong Romanization: nan4 xud3
- Sinological IPA (key): /naːn²¹ syːt̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-soeh / lân-seh
- Tâi-lô: lân-sueh / lân-seh
- Phofsit Daibuun: lansoeq, lanseq
- IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² sueʔ³²/, /lan²⁴⁻²² seʔ³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² sueʔ⁵/, /lan²⁴⁻²² seʔ⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² sueʔ³²/, /lan¹³⁻²² seʔ³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ sueʔ³²/, /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ seʔ³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ sueʔ³²/, /lan²³⁻³³ seʔ³²/
- (Hokkien)
Adjective
難說
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 難說 (“hard to say”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 難說 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 難說, 難講 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 難講, 惡講 |
| Hong Kong | 難講 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 難話 |
| Lichuan | 難話 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 難講 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 難講 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 惡講, 難講 |
| Quanzhou | 惡說 | |
| Zhangzhou | 惡講 | |
| Tainan | 惡講, 歹講 | |
| Shantou | 惡呾 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 難講 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 難話 |
| Ningbo | 難話, 難講 | |
| Jinhua | 難講 | |
Adverb
難說
- (Xuzhou Mandarin, rhetorical question) Indicates a rhetorical question: surely it doesn't mean that...; is it possible that...
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 難道 (“could it be that; is it possible that”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 莫非, 豈 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 莫非, 豈, 難道, 莫不是 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 難道, 難不成, 甭 |
| Taiwan | 難道, 難不成 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 難說 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 唔通 |
| Hong Kong | 唔通 | |
| Taishan | 唔成, 敢係, 唔得旨, 毋旨, 毋旨估 | |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 無成, 敢講, 敢係 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 無成, 敢講, 敢係 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 無成, 敢講, 敢係 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 無成, 敢講, 敢會, 敢係 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 無成, 毋成, 敢講, 敢係 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 無敢, 敢講, 敢會, 敢係 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 敢, 總無 |
| Quanzhou | 敢, 總無, 攏無 | |
| Zhangzhou | 敢, 總無 | |
| Tainan | 敢 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 敢 | |
| Shantou | 未是 | |
| Jieyang | 未是, 敢, 敢是 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 乜然, 總無 |
| Xianyou | 乜然, 總無 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 只勿 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 難算得 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 冇過 |