國難

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Chinese

country; state; nation
 
disaster; distress; to scold
disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
trad. (國難)
simp. (国难)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (28) (8)
Final () (132) (61)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter kwok nanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kwək̚/ /nɑnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷək̚/ /nɑnH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuək̚/ /nɑnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwək̚/ /nanH/
Li
Rong
/kuək̚/ /nɑnH/
Wang
Li
/kuək̚/ /nɑnH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kwək̚/ /nɑnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guo nàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwak1 naan6

Noun

國難

  1. a national calamity; a national disaster (especially as brought on by foreign aggression)

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