難關

See also: 难关

Chinese

		disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to close; to shut; to turn off to close; to shut; to turn off; to concern; to involve; mountain pass
trad. (難關)		難	關
simp. (难关)		难	关
Literally: “[a] difficult pass [to pass]”.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ gwaan¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lân-koan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lang⁵ guêng¹ / lang⁵ guang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánguan
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-kuan¹
    • Yale: nán-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanguan
    • Palladius: наньгуань (nanʹguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naan⁴ gwaan¹
    • Yale: nàahn gwāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ gwaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ guan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ kʷaːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-koan
    • Tâi-lô: lân-kuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lankoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² kuan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ kuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ kuan⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lang⁵ guêng¹ / lang⁵ guang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâng kueng / lâng kuang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kueŋ³³/, /laŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kuaŋ³³/

Noun

難關

1. crisis; difficulty; tough time

   共度難關／共度难关  ―  gòngdù nánguān  ―  to get through tough times together

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nànguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁶ gwaan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nànguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nànguan
    • Wade–Giles: nan⁴-kuan¹
    • Yale: nàn-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nannguan
    • Palladius: наньгуань (nanʹguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naan⁶ gwaan¹
    • Yale: naahn gwāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁶ gwaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁶ guan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²² kʷaːn⁵⁵/

Noun

難關

1. (literary) moment of disaster; challenge of calamity