磨難

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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

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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    磨難 / 磨难
    魔難 / 魔难
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

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)

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