難產

Chinese

		disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to reproduce; to produce; give birth to reproduce; to produce; give birth; products; produce; resources; estate; property
trad. (難產)		難	產
simp. (难产)		难	产

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nánchǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄔㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ caan²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lân-sán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nánchǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄔㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nánchǎn
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-chʻan³
    • Yale: nán-chǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanchaan
    • Palladius: наньчань (nanʹčanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naan⁴ caan²
    • Yale: nàahn cháan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ tsaan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ can²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ t͡sʰaːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-sán
    • Tâi-lô: lân-sán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lansarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² san⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² san⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² san⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ san⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ san⁴¹/

Verb

難產

1. (obstetrics) to have a difficult labour; to have a complicated delivery
2. (figurative, of a literary work, plan, etc.) to be difficult to realise; to be difficult of fulfilment; to be slow in coming

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “have a difficult labour”): 安產／安产 (ānchǎn), 順產／顺产 (shùnchǎn); (Hokkien) 坦攲生, 坦橫生／坦横生