難如登天

Chinese

		disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	as (if); such as	to climb up to the sky; to enter space
trad. (難如登天)		難	如	登天
simp. (难如登天)		难	如	登天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánrúdēngtiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄉㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ jyu⁴ dang¹ tin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lân-jî-teng-thian / lân-jû-teng-thian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánrúdēngtiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄉㄥ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánrúdengtian
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-ju²-têng¹-tʻien¹
    • Yale: nán-rú-dēng-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanrudengtian
    • Palladius: наньжудэнтянь (nanʹžudɛntjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ʐu³⁵ tɤŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naan⁴ jyu⁴ dang¹ tin¹
    • Yale: nàahn yùh dāng tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ jy⁴ dang¹ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ yu⁴ deng¹ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ jyː²¹ tɐŋ⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-jî-teng-thian
    • Tâi-lô: lân-jî-ting-thian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lanji'dengtiefn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ zi²³⁻³³ tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-jû-teng-thian
    • Tâi-lô: lân-jû-ting-thian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lanju'dengtiefn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ zu²³⁻³³ tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/

Idiom

難如登天

1. to be extremely difficult

Synonyms

• 難若登天／难若登天 (nánruòdēngtiān)