兩難

See also: 两难

Chinese

		both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
trad. (兩難)		兩	難
simp. (两难)		两	难
Literally: “two difficulties”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎngnán

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵ naan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lióng-nàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lióng-lân / liáng-lân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎngnán
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎngnán
    • Wade–Giles: liang³-nan²
    • Yale: lyǎng-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leangnan
    • Palladius: ляннань (ljannanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁵ naan⁴
    • Yale: léuhng nàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵ naan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵ nan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ¹³ naːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lióng-nàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: liong^ˋ nan^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liong³ nan²
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯oŋ³¹ nan¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lióng-lân
    • Tâi-lô: lióng-lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liofnglaan
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lan²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáng-lân
    • Tâi-lô: liáng-lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liafnglaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan¹³/

Adjective

兩難

1. being in a dilemma or quandary situation

   陷入兩難／陷入两难  ―  xiànrù liǎngnán  ―  to be caught in a dilemma

Derived terms

• 兩難論證 / 两难论证
• 左右兩難 / 左右两难
• 進退兩難 / 进退两难 (jìntuìliǎngnán)