難能可貴

Chinese

		disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able	valuable; treasured; precious valuable; treasured; precious; praiseworthy
trad. (難能可貴)		難	能	可貴
simp. (难能可贵)		难	能	可贵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánnéngkěguì

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄥˊ ㄎㄜˇ ㄍㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ nang⁴ ho² gwai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lân-lêng-khó-kùi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánnéngkěguì
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄥˊ ㄎㄜˇ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánnéngkěguèi
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-nêng²-kʻo³-kuei⁴
    • Yale: nán-néng-kě-gwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nannengkeeguey
    • Palladius: наньнэнкэгуй (nanʹnɛnkɛguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ nɤŋ³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naan⁴ nang⁴ ho² gwai³
    • Yale: nàahn nàhng hó gwai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ nang⁴ ho² gwai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ neng⁴ ho² guei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ nɐŋ²¹ hɔː³⁵ kʷɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-lêng-khó-kùi
    • Tâi-lô: lân-lîng-khó-kuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lanlengqoy'kuix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰo⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² liɪŋ¹³⁻²² kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ liɪŋ²³⁻³³ kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kui²¹/

Idiom

難能可貴

1. precious and praiseworthy as such an achievement is difficult to make