阿難

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
trad. (阿難)		阿	難
simp. (阿难)		阿	难

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Ānán

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ naan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Ānán
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Anán
    • Wade–Giles: A¹-nan²
    • Yale: Ā-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Anan
    • Palladius: Анань (Ananʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ nän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ naan⁴
    • Yale: a nàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ naan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ nan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ naːn²¹/

Proper noun

阿難

1. Ananda (the foremost disciple of the Gautama Buddha)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “阿難” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].