難看

See also: 难看

Chinese

		disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think
trad. (難看)		難	看
simp. (难看)		难	看

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): nánkàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄎㄢˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nan² kan⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ hon³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): nàn-khon

  (Meixian, Guangdong): nan² kon⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): nan¹ kan³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lân-khàn
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶ne-khoe / ⁶ne₂-khoe₅

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánkàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄎㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánkàn
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-kʻan⁴
    • Yale: nán-kàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nankann
    • Palladius: нанькань (nanʹkanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ kʰän⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: nan² kan⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lankan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nan²¹ kʰan²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naan⁴ hon³
    • Yale: nàahn hon
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ hon³
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ hon³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ hɔːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàn-khon
    • Hakka Romanization System: nan^ˇ kon
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nan² kon⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /nan¹¹ kʰon⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: nan² kon⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /nan¹¹ kʰɔn⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: nan¹ kan³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /næ̃¹¹ kʰæ̃⁴⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-khàn
    • Tâi-lô: lân-khàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lanqaxn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² kʰan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² kʰan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² kʰan²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ne-khoe
    • MiniDict: ne^去 khoe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ne-khoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ne²² kʰø⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ne₂-khoe₅
    • MiniDict: ne^平 khoe^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ne²³ kʰø¹¹/

Adjective

難看

1. ugly; unsightly

   你會死得很難看。 [MSC, trad.]
   你会死得很难看。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ huì sǐ dé hěn nánkàn. [Pinyin]

   You will die a miserable death. (slang)

2. awkward; embarrassing; unseemly
3. (of a facial expression) out of sorts; irritable; icy

Synonyms

• (ugly):

Dialectal synonyms of 醜 (“ugly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		醜, 媸
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		醜陋
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	難看, 寒磣, 磣
	Taiwan	難看, 醜
	Singapore	難看, 醜
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	難看, 醜
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	難看, 醜, 不心疼
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	難看, 醜
	Wuhan	醜, 不好看
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	難看, 醜
	Hefei	難看, 醜, 相壞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	難睇, 醜, 醜怪, 樣衰, 醜樣, 肉酸, 核突
	Hong Kong	難睇, 醜, 醜怪, 樣衰, 醜樣, 肉酸, 核突
	Dongguan	難睞
	Yangjiang	惡看, 醜鬼
Gan	Nanchang	不客氣, 難看
Hakka	Meixian	難看, 難睞, 醜, 像鬼
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	媸, 醜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	媸, 醜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	媸, 醜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	媸, 醜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	媸, 醜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	䆀
Jin	Taiyuan	難看, 醜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	驚人, 毛格式, 生得呆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	驚儂, 驚, 伓好看, 生得呆
Southern Min	Xiamen	歹看, 㾀勢
	Quanzhou	兇, 歹看, 㾀勢
	Jinjiang	兇, 歹看, 㾀勢
	Zhangzhou	䆀看, 㾀勢
	Taipei	歹看, 䆀, 䆀材, 㾀, 䆀猴, 㾀勢
	Kaohsiung	歹看
	Singapore (Hokkien)	歹看, 䆀
	Manila (Hokkien)	兇, 歹看, 㾀勢
	Chaozhou	孬睇, 野樣, 䆀
	Shantou	野樣
	Jieyang	野樣
	Singapore (Teochew)	歹睇
Wu	Shanghai	難看, 怕
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	怕
	Shanghai (Jiading)	怕
	Suzhou	難看, 怕
	Kunshan	難看
	Jiaxing	難看
	Hangzhou	難看
	Ningbo	難看
	Wenzhou	難覷, 否好覷, 醜
Xiang	Changsha	醜, 不好看, 不打彩
	Shuangfeng	醜, 不好看

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “ugly”): 好看 (hǎokàn)

Verb

難看

1. (Northern Wu) to hate or be hated

   儂箇上作業弗做，老師明朝要難看儂。 [Northern Wu, trad.]
   侬个上作业弗做，老师明朝要难看侬。 [Northern Wu, simp.]

   If you don't do your homework now, the teacher will despise you tomorrow.