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劫難

劫難

See also: 劫难

Chinese

		plunder	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
trad. (劫難)		劫	難
simp. (劫难)		劫	难

Noun

劫難

calamity, disaster

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jiénàn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄋㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gip³ naan⁶
Min Nan (POJ): kiap-lān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiénàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄋㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyenann
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ na̠n⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gip³ naan⁶
  - Yale: gip naahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gip⁸ naan⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kiːp̚³ nɑːn²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiap-lān
  - Tâi-lô: kiap-lān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiaplan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiap̚³²⁻⁴ lan²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiap̚⁵⁻²⁴ lan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiap̚³²⁻⁵ lan²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiap̚³²⁻⁴ lan³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiap̚³²⁻⁴ lan³³/