難題

See also: 难题

Chinese

		disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	topic; subject; to inscribe topic; subject; to inscribe; to superscribe
trad. (難題)		難	題
simp. (难题)		难	题

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nántí

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ tai⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nàn-thì
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lân-tôe / lân-tê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nántí
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄊㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nántí
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-tʻi²
    • Yale: nán-tí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nantyi
    • Palladius: наньти (nanʹti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ tʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naan⁴ tai⁴
    • Yale: nàahn tàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ tai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ tei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ tʰɐi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàn-thì
    • Hakka Romanization System: nanˇ tiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nan² ti²
    • Sinological IPA: /nan¹¹ tʰi¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-tôe
    • Tâi-lô: lân-tuê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: landoee
    • IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ tue²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² tue²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-tê
    • Tâi-lô: lân-tê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: landee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ te²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² te¹³/

Noun

難題

1. difficult problem; thorny issue

Synonyms

• 問題／问题 (wèntí)
• 婁子／娄子 (lóuzi) (colloquial)
• 疑難／疑难 (yínán)
• 矛盾
• 茶包 (chábāo) (slang)
• 難點／难点 (nándiǎn)
• 麻煩／麻烦 (máfan)

 

Derived terms

• 出難題／出难题 (chū nántí)