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疑難

疑難

See also: 疑难

Chinese

		to doubt; to misbelieve; to suspect	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
trad. (疑難)		疑	難
simp. (疑难)		疑	难

Adjective

疑難

(Advanced Mandarin) difficult; intractable

Noun

疑難

(Advanced Mandarin) difficulty; problem

Etymology

疑 ‎(yí), as in 疑惑 ‎(yíhuò), "to be perplexed" + 難 ‎(nán), as in 難解 ‎(nánjiě), "hard to solve"

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yínán

(Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄋㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ naan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngì-nàn
Min Nan (POJ): gî-lân / gî-lān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yínán
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄋㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinan
  - IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ na̠n³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁴ naan⁴
  - Yale: yìh nàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ naan⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ nɑːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngì-nàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngiˇ nanˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngi² nan²
  - IPA: /ɲi¹¹ nan¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî-lân
  - Tâi-lô: gî-lân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gilaan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /gi²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /gi²⁴⁻¹¹ lan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gi²³⁻³³ lan²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /gi²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /gi¹³⁻²² lan¹³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gî-lān
  - Tâi-lô: gî-lān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gilan
  - IPA (Taipei): /gi²⁴⁻¹¹ lan³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /gi²³⁻³³ lan³³/