難住

See also: 难住

Chinese

		disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to live; to dwell; to reside to live; to dwell; to reside; to stop
trad. (難住)		難	住
simp. (难住)		难	住

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánzhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ zyu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánzhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánjhù
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-chu⁴
    • Yale: nán-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanjuh
    • Palladius: наньчжу (nanʹčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naan⁴ zyu⁶
    • Yale: nàahn jyuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ dzy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ ju⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ t͡syː²²/

Verb

難住

1. to put somebody in a difficult situation; to embarrass somebody; to baffle; to fox; to puzzle

   你把我難住了！／你把我难住了！  ―  Nǐ bǎ wǒ nánzhù le!  ―  You got me there!

   謀殺案把警方難住了。 [MSC, trad.]
   谋杀案把警方难住了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Móushā àn bǎ jǐngfāng nánzhù le. [Pinyin]

   The police is baffled by the murder.

   我有一點被現場的所有人難住了。 [MSC, trad.]
   我有一点被现场的所有人难住了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ yǒu yīdiǎn bèi xiànchǎng de suǒyǒu rén nánzhù le. [Pinyin]

   I was a little embarrassed with all of the people present.

   她緊張地咽了一下，似乎那問題把她難住了。 [MSC, trad.]
   她紧张地咽了一下，似乎那问题把她难住了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā jǐnzhāng de yān le yīxià, sìhū nà wèntí bǎ tā nánzhù le. [Pinyin]

   She gulped nervously, as if the question bothered her.