磨難

See also: 磨难

Chinese

		grindstone; to sharpen; to delay grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
trad. (磨難)		磨	難
simp. (磨难)		磨	难

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mónàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄋㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo⁴ naan⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-lān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mónàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄋㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mónàn
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-nan⁴
    • Yale: mwó-nàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: monann
    • Palladius: монань (monanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ nän⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo⁴ naan⁶
    • Yale: mòh naahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo⁴ naan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo⁴ nan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː²¹ naːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-lān
    • Tâi-lô: môo-lān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: molan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² lan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² lan²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² lan²²/

Noun

磨難

1. trial; tribulation; torment; cross to bear; hardship; suffering; hard time

Synonyms

• 困苦 (kùnkǔ)
• 患難／患难 (huànnàn)
• 憂患／忧患 (yōuhuàn)
• 風浪／风浪 (fēnglàng) (figurative)
• 魔障 (mózhàng) (figurative)