粵

難naan4聽teng1

simp难听
naan4 teng1nán tīng

English

  1. unpleasant to hear
  2. coarse
  3. vulgar
  4. offensive
  5. shameful
  6. (of sounds) unpleasant to hear; out of tune; awful sounding
  7. (of contents of speech) too critical or disrespectful

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 聲線、音質聽到覺得唔舒服,好難忍受,唔想聽落去
  2. 講嘢嘅內容令人難堪

Examples

  • 鋼琴走調了,音色很難聽。

    The piano was out of tune; it sounded very bad.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 比爾生氣了並用難聽的話罵迪克。

    Bill got mad and called Dick names.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 佢唱歌好難聽。

    He sings awfully. ----

  • 你又唔好講得咁難聽。

    You should not talk in such a critical tone.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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