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刁難

刁難

Chinese

		artful; wicked	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
trad. (刁難)		刁	難
simp. (刁难)		刁	难

Verb

刁難

to deliberately make things difficult for; to be hard on someone

Derived terms

百般刁難／百般刁难

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): diāonán

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠㄋㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): diu¹ naan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tiâu-nàn
Min Nan (POJ): thiau-lân / thiau-lān / tiau-lân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: diāonán
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠㄋㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diaunan
  - IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ na̠n³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: diu¹ naan⁴
  - Yale: dīu nàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: diu¹ naan⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯⁵⁵ nɑːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tiâu-nàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: diau´ nanˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: diau¹ nan²
  - IPA: /ti̯au̯²⁴ nan¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiau-lân / thiau-lān / tiau-lân
  - Tâi-lô: thiau-lân / thiau-lān / tiau-lân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiaulaan, tiaulan, diaulaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/, /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² lan²²/, /tiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiaʊ³³ lan²⁴/, /tʰiaʊ³³ lan⁴¹/, /tiaʊ³³ lan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² lan¹³/, /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² lan²²/, /tiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² lan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²⁴/, /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ lan³³/, /tiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²³/, /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ lan³³/, /tiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²³/