難過

See also: 难过

Chinese

		disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-
trad. (難過)		難	過
simp. (难过)		难	过

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): nánguò

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nan² go⁴

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): lángo / lángō
Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ gwo³
Gan (Wiktionary): lan⁴ 'guo⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): nàn-ko
Northern Min (KCR): nûing-gua̿
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lân-kò / lân-kè / lân-kòe / lân-kèr
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): naan⁴ gu³
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶ne-ku₅ / ²noe-ku₅ / ²ne-kou₅ / ²naen-ku₅ / ²nae-kou₅
- (Jinhua): ²na-kuo₅

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nánguò
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nánguò
  - Wade–Giles: nan²-kuo⁴
  - Yale: nán-gwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanguoh
  - Palladius: наньго (nanʹgo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nan² go⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lango
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nan²¹ ko²¹³/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: lángo [Phonetic: lǎngo] / lángō
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): lan² go⁰ [Phonetic: lan³ go⁰] / lan² go⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lã²⁴⁻¹¹ ko/, /lã²⁴ ko⁴⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: naan⁴ gwo³
  - Yale: nàahn gwo
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ gwo³
  - Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ guo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ kʷɔː³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: lan⁴ 'guo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lan³⁵ ˈkuo³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàn-ko
  - Hakka Romanization System: nan^ˇ go
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nan² go⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /nan¹¹ ko⁵⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nûing-gua̿
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nuiŋ³³ kua³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-kò
  - Tâi-lô: lân-kò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lankoix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² ko²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² ko²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-kè
  - Tâi-lô: lân-kè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lankex
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² ke²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-kòe
  - Tâi-lô: lân-kuè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lankoex
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² kue²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-kèr
  - Tâi-lô: lân-kèr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² kə⁴¹/
Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: naan⁴ gu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nan²¹ ku⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ne-ku₅
  - MiniDict: ne^去 ku^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ne-ku₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ne²² ku⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Chongming)
  - Wugniu: ²noe-ku₅
  - MiniDict: noe^平 ku^去
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɦnø²⁴ ku³³/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²ne-kou₅
  - MiniDict: ne^平 kou^去
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ne²² kəu³³/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²naen-ku₅
  - MiniDict: naen^平 ku^去
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /nẽ̞²² ku³⁴/
- (Northern: Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ²nae-kou₅
  - MiniDict: nae^平 kou^去
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /nɛ²² kəu⁵¹/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ²na-kuo₅
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /nɑ³¹ kuɤ⁵⁵/

Adjective

難過

(of life) difficult to get by
現在這日子真是難過。 [MSC, trad.]
现在这日子真是难过。 [MSC, simp.]
Xiànzài zhè rìzǐ zhēnshì nánguò. [Pinyin]
It's really hard to get by these days.
(of health) unwell; ill
我覺得胃裡很難過，能不能帶我去看一下醫生？ [MSC, trad.]
我觉得胃里很难过，能不能带我去看一下医生？ [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ juéde wèi lǐ hěn nánguò, néng bù néng dài wǒ qù kàn yīxià yīshēng? [Pinyin]
I am not feeling well in my stomach. Can you take me to see the doctor?
(of feelings) sad; sorry
我真為他難過，這麼小就失去了他的父親。 [MSC, trad.]
我真为他难过，这么小就失去了他的父亲。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ zhēn wèi tā nánguò, zhème xiǎo jiù shīqù le tā de fùqīn. [Pinyin]
I feel really sorry for him that he lost his father at such a young age.

你剛才的講話讓我非常地難過。 [MSC, trad.]
你刚才的讲话让我非常地难过。 [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ gāngcái de jiǎnghuà ràng wǒ fēicháng de nánguò. [Pinyin]
Your speech just now made me very sad.

Synonyms

(difficult to get by): 苦 (kǔ)
(sad):

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京京 (jīngjīng) (literary)
傷心／伤心 (shāngxīn)
傷悲／伤悲 (shāngbēi) (literary)
傷感／伤感 (shānggǎn)
傷懷／伤怀 (shānghuái) (literary)
傷痛／伤痛 (shāngtòng)
傷神／伤神 (shāngshén) (literary)
刺心 (cìxīn)
哀傷／哀伤 (āishāng)
哀切 (āiqiè)
哀怨 (āiyuàn)
哀悽／哀凄 (āiqī)
哀慟／哀恸 (āitòng)
哀戚 (āiqī) (literary)
哀痛 (āitòng)
哀苦 (āikǔ)
心酸 (xīnsuān)
怛傷／怛伤 (dáshāng) (literary)
悄然 (qiǎorán) (literary)
情傷／情伤 (qíngshāng) (literary)
悲催 (bēicuī) (neologism, jocular)
悲傷／悲伤 (bēishāng)
悲切 (bēiqiè) (literary)
悲哀 (bēi'āi)
悲悽／悲凄 (bēiqī)
悱惻／悱恻 (fěicè) (literary)
悽惶／凄惶 (qīhuáng) (literary)
悽愴／凄怆 (qīchuàng) (literary)
悲愴／悲怆 (bēichuàng) (literary)
悲慟／悲恸 (bēitòng)
悲慘／悲惨 (bēicǎn)
悽戚／凄戚 (qīqī) (literary)
悲戚 (bēiqī)
悲摧 (bēicuī) (literary)
悲楚 (bēichǔ) (literary)
悲涼／悲凉 (bēiliáng)
悲痛 (bēitòng)
悲苦 (bēikǔ)
感傷／感伤 (gǎnshāng)
愀愴／愀怆 (qiǎochuàng)
愁楚 (chóuchǔ) (literary)
惻然／恻然 (cèrán) (literary)
愴然／怆然 (chuàngrán) (literary)
慘／惨 (cǎn)
憂傷／忧伤 (yōushāng)
慘悽／惨凄 (cǎnqī)
憂愁／忧愁 (yōuchóu)
憂戚／忧戚 (yōuqī) (literary)
慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn)
憯懍／憯懔 (cǎnlǐn)
懤懤／㤽㤽 (chóuchóu)
沉痛 (chéntòng)
淒切／凄切 (qīqiè)
淒惻／凄恻 (qīcè) (literary)
淒慘／凄惨 (qīcǎn)
淒楚／凄楚 (qīchǔ)
淒涼／凄凉 (qīliáng)
淒然／凄然 (qīrán) (literary)
痛心 (tòngxīn)
艱苦心／艰苦心 (Hokkien)
蒼涼／苍凉 (cāngliáng)
酸心 (suānxīn)
難受／难受 (nánshòu)
青凊 (Hokkien)
黯然 (ànrán)