Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- jiān
English
- difficult, hard
- difficult
- distressing
- hard
- hardship
- difficulties; challenges; obstacles
粵語
- 即係艱難
Variants
Words containing 艱
- 艱難gaan1 naan4
difficult; arduous; hard
- 艱苦gaan1 fu2
difficult
- 艱辛gaan1 san1
hardships
- 艱巨gaan1 geoi6
variant of 艱鉅|艰巨[jian1 ju4]
- 艱鉅gaan1 geoi6
(of a task, mission or responsibility) extremely difficult; challenging; demanding
- 艱深gaan1 sam1
abstruse
- 艱險gaan1 him2
difficult and dangerous
- 艱澀gaan1 gip3
difficult to understand
- 艱巨性gaan1 geoi6 sing3
arduousness
- 丁艱ding1 gaan1
(literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent
- 艱苦樸素gaan1 fu2 pok3 sou3
leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)
- 舉步維艱geoi2 bou6 wai4 gaan1
to make progress only with great difficulty (idiom)
- 艱難險阻gaan1 naan4 him2 zo2
untold dangers and difficulties (idiom)
- 艱苦奮鬥gaan1 fu2 fan5 dau3
to struggle arduously
- 進退維艱zeon3 teoi3 wai4 gaan1
no room to advance or to retreat; without any way out of a dilemma
- 艱深晦澀gaan1 sam1 fui3 gip3
abstruse and unfathomable (idiom)
- 歷盡艱難lik6 zeon6 gaan1 naan4
- 共渡時艱gung6 dou6 si4 gaan1
to go through tough times together; to share hardships and overcome difficulties
- 不避艱險bat1 bei6 gaan1 him2
shrink or flinch from no difficulty or danger
- 步履維艱bou6 lei5 wai4 gaan1
to have difficulty walking (idiom)
- 備嘗艱苦bei6 soeng4 gaan1 fu2
see 備嘗辛苦|备尝辛苦[bei4 chang2 xin1 ku3]
- 物力維艱mat6 lik6 wai4 gaan1
- 搵食艱難wan2 sik6 gaan1 naan4
- 人艱不拆jan4 gaan1 bat1 caak3
life is hard enough as it is; don't burst my bubble (Internet slang)