艱深

Chinese

		difficult; hard; hardship	deep; profound
trad. (艱深)		艱	深
simp. (艰深)		艰	深

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan¹ sam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kan-chhim / kian-chhim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jianshen
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-shên¹
    • Yale: jyān-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianshen
    • Palladius: цзяньшэнь (czjanʹšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaan¹ sam¹
    • Yale: gāan sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaan¹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gan¹ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːn⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-chhim
    • Tâi-lô: kan-tshim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kanchym
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³ t͡sʰim³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰim⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kian-chhim
    • Tâi-lô: kian-tshim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kienchym
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰim⁴⁴/

Adjective

艱深

1. difficult to understand; abstruse