難為

See also: 难为

Chinese edit

	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become
trad. (難為/難爲)	難	為/爲
simp. (难为)	难	为
anagram	為難／为难

Pronunciation 1 edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nánwéi

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ wai⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lân-ûi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nánwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nánwéi
  - Wade–Giles: nan²-wei²
  - Yale: nán-wéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanwei
  - Palladius: наньвэй (nanʹvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: naan⁴ wai⁴
  - Yale: nàahn wàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ wai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ wei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ wɐi̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-ûi
  - Tâi-lô: lân-uî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lan'uii
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² ui¹³/

Verb edit

難為

(literary) to be difficult to do

Derived terms edit

巧婦難為無米之炊／巧妇难为无米之炊 (qiǎofù nánwéi wúmǐzhīchuī)
怕難為情／怕难为情
難為情／难为情 (nánwéiqíng)

Pronunciation 2 edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nánwei, nánwéi

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ˙ㄨㄟ, ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ wai^4-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lân-ûi
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶ne-we₆ / ²ne-we₂ / ²nae-ve₂ / ²naen-wei₂ / ²nae-we₂

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nánwei
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ˙ㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nánwe̊i
  - Wade–Giles: nan²-wei⁵
  - Yale: nán-wei
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nan.uei
  - Palladius: наньвэй (nanʹvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ weɪ̯³/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nánwéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nánwéi
  - Wade–Giles: nan²-wei²
  - Yale: nán-wéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanwei
  - Palladius: наньвэй (nanʹvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: naan⁴ wai^4-2
  - Yale: nàahn wái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ wai^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ wei^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ wɐi̯²¹⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-ûi
  - Tâi-lô: lân-uî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lan'uii
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² ui²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² ui¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ne-we₆
  - MiniDict: ne^去 we^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ne-hhue₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ne²² ɦue⁴⁴/
- (Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²ne-we₂
  - MiniDict: ne^平 we^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ne²² ɦue³³/
- (Songjiang)
  - Wugniu: ²nae-ve₂
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /nɛ¹⁵ βe⁵³/
- (Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²naen-wei₂
  - MiniDict: naen^平 wei^平
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /nẽ̞²² ɦui³⁴/
- (Haining)
  - Wugniu: ²nae-we₂
  - Sinological IPA (Haining): /nɛ¹¹ ɦue⁵⁵/

Verb edit

難為

to make it difficult for (someone)
to be a tough job for (someone)
(polite) An expression used to thank someone for doing something that takes effort
to spoil; to ruin; to waste
(polite, chiefly Northern Wu) to expend; to spend; to squander; to waste (something valuable)

Derived terms edit

鬼相打難為生病人／鬼相打难为生病人