難事

See also: 难事

Chinese

		disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (難事)		難	事
simp. (难事)		难	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lân-sû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánshìh
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-shih⁴
    • Yale: nán-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanshyh
    • Palladius: наньши (nanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naan⁴ si⁶
    • Yale: nàahn sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-sû
    • Tâi-lô: lân-sû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lansuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² su²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² su²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² su¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ su²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ su²³/

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• Middle Chinese: nan dzriH

Rime
Character	難	事
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	那干切	鉏吏切
Baxter	nan	dzriH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nɑn/	/d͡ʒɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/nɑn/	/ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/nɑn/	/d͡ʒieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/nan/	/ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Li Rong	/nɑn/	/d͡ʒiəH/
Wang Li	/nɑn/	/d͡ʒĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/nɑn/	/ɖ͡ʐʱiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nán	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	naan4	zi6

Noun

難事

1. difficult matter; difficulty

   • 天下難事，必作於易，天下大事，必作於細。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     天下难事，必作于易，天下大事，必作于细。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tao Te Ching, 4^th century BCE

     Tiānxià nánshì, bì zuò yú yì, tiānxià dàshì, bì zuò yú xì. [Pinyin]

     All difficult things in the world are sure to arise from a previous state in which they were easy, and all great things from one in which they were small.

   • 踰墻穿壁非難事，曾與農夫誓不更。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: Poem attributed to a lover of Kim Byeong'yeon (金炳淵), 1800s

     Yu jang cheon byeok bi nansa, jeung yeo nongbu seo bul gyeong. [Sino-Korean]

     It is no difficult matter to go over fences and bore holes in walls; but I have already given my hand to a farmer, and my vow cannot be changed.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (難事):

• → Japanese: 難事(なんじ) (nanji)
• → Korean: 난사(難事) (nansa)
• → Vietnamese: nan sự (難事)