難測

See also: 难测

Chinese

		disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	side; to lean; to survey side; to lean; to survey; to measure; conjecture
trad. (難測)		難	測
simp. (难测)		难	测

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): náncè

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄘㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ caak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: náncè
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄘㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: náncè
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-tsʻê⁴
    • Yale: nán-tsè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nantseh
    • Palladius: наньцэ (nanʹcɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naan⁴ caak¹
    • Yale: nàahn chāak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ tsaak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ cag¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ t͡sʰaːk̚⁵/

Verb

難測

1. to be difficult to guess or fathom

   • 夫大國難測也，懼有伏焉。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫大国难测也，惧有伏焉。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Fū dàguó náncè yě, jù yǒu fú yān. [Pinyin]

     It is difficult to fathom the moves of a great state, and I feared an ambush.