災難

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See also: 灾难

Chinese

disaster; calamity
disaster; distress; to scold
disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
 
trad. (災難) 災 難
simp. (灾难) 灾 难

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 災 難
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial (聲) 精 (13) 泥 (8)
Final (韻) 咍 (41) 寒 (61)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 祖才切 奴案切
Baxter tsoj nanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡sʌi/ /nɑnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡səi/ /nɑnH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sɒi/ /nɑnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡səj/ /nanH/
Li
Rong 		/t͡sᴀi/ /nɑnH/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sɒi/ /nɑnH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡sɑ̆i/ /nɑnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zāi nàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zoi1 naan6

Noun

災難

  1. disaster; calamity; catastrophe (Classifier: 場／场; 次)

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (災難):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
災 難
さい
Grade: 5 		なん
Grade: 6
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
災難 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

災(さい)難(なん) • (sainan) 

  1. disaster
    災難(さいなん)に遭(あ)う
    sainan ni au
    to meet with disaster
    災難(さいなん)を免(まぬか)れる
    sainan o manukareru
    to escape disaster
    • 2015 September 14, Kaori Shoji, “When disaster strikes in Japan, keep calm and carry a diaper”, in The Japan Times‎, retrieved 2023-04-11:
      On a smaller scale, there’s the roster of small catastrophes called sainan (災難); these include everything from mushisasare (虫さされ, mosquito bites) and hage (ハゲ, losing your hair) to wakare (別れ, break-ups), rikon (離婚, divorce) and other relationship troubles.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
災難

Noun

災難 • (jaenan) (hangeul 재난)

  1. hanja form? of 재난 (“disaster”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
災難

Noun

災難

  1. chữ Hán form of tai nạn (“accident”).
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