難上加難

Chinese

		disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	to add; plus	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
trad. (難上加難)		難	上	加	難
simp. (难上加难)		难	上	加	难

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánshàngjiānán

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ soeng⁶ gaa¹ naan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lân-siōng-ka-lân / lân-siāng-ka-lân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánshàngjiānán
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánshàngjianán
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-shang⁴-chia¹-nan²
    • Yale: nán-shàng-jyā-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanshanqjianan
    • Palladius: наньшанцзянань (nanʹšanczjananʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ nän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naan⁴ soeng⁶ gaa¹ naan⁴
    • Yale: nàahn seuhng gā nàahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ soeng⁶ gaa¹ naan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ sêng⁶ ga¹ nan⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ sœːŋ²² kaː⁵⁵ naːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-siōng-ka-lân
    • Tâi-lô: lân-siōng-ka-lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lansioxngkalaan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-siāng-ka-lân
    • Tâi-lô: lân-siāng-ka-lân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lansiaxngkalaan
    • IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ siaŋ³³⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ siaŋ³³⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴⁻³³ lan²³/

Idiom

難上加難

1. to be extremely difficult