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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diāonàn, diāonán

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠ ㄋㄢˋ, ㄉㄧㄠ ㄋㄢˊ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: diāonàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠ ㄋㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diaunann
    • IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ na̠n⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: diāonán
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diaunan
    • IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ na̠n³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu¹ naan⁴
    • Yale: dīu nàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu¹ naan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu¹ nan⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯⁵⁵ naːn²¹/
• 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: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiau-lân
    • Tâi-lô: tiau-lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diaulaan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiaʊ³³ lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² lan¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² lan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiau-lân
    • Tâi-lô: thiau-lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiaulaan
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiau-lān
    • Tâi-lô: thiau-lān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiaulan
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ lan³³/

Verb

刁難

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

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 刁靠, 刁古董, 喬靠／乔靠, 喬苦／乔苦

Derived terms

故意刁難／故意刁难 有意刁難／有意刁难

百般刁難／百般刁难 (bǎibān diāonàn)