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The Cantonese word kwan naan - 困难 - kwan3 naan4
(difficult in Cantonese)





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Romanization (Jyutping)

kwan3 naan4

English translations

difficult, hard, difficulty,
perplexity, tough, ill, heavy going

Chinese characters:

困难
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困难 (kwan3 naan4) is composed of these characters: 困, 难
困难 ( kwan naan / kwan3 naan4 ) in traditional characters
困難

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

in distress  |  disaster
困难 ( kwan naan / kwan3 naan4 ) belongs to the 500 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 126)
More words that mean difficult in Cantonese
gaan1 fu2 ( 艰苦 ), sam1 ( 深 )
More words that mean hard in Cantonese
gong1 ( 刚 ), ngaang6 ( 硬 ), nou5 lik6 ( 努力 ), san1 fu2 ( 辛苦 )

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