Cantonese words starting with N

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难题
naan4 tai4difficult problem
难听
naan4 teng1unpleasant to hear; vulgar; shameful
难逃法网
naan4 tou4 faat3 mong5It is hard to escape the dragnet of the law
难为
naan4 wai4(verb) Make a hard time on someone
难为情
naan4 wai4 cing4embarrassed
难走
naan4 zau2hard to get to
难做
naan4 zou6difficult to do; to put someone in a difficult situation
naan5blushing with shame
naan5 jin4blushing
难友
naan6 jau5fellow sufferer; a friend who accompanies one through tough times
难民
naan6 man4refugee
难民营
naan6 man4 jing4refugee camp
naap6battle cry; to yell out loud; stammer
naap6to receive; to enjoy; to pay (tax etc); to reinforce sole of shoes or stockin...
naap6cassock; to patch up; to sew; a Buddhist monk
naap6sodium (chemistry); sharpen wood
纳妾
naap6 cip3to take a concubine
纳赛尔
naap6 coi3 ji5Nasr or Nasser (Arab name)
纳宠
naap6 cung2to take a concubine
纳达尔
naap6 daat6 ji5Nadal (name)
纳豆
naap6 dau2nattō, a type of fermented soybean, popular as a breakfast food in Japan
纳豆菌
naap6 dau2 kwan2Bacillus subtilis (formerly Bacillus natto), a common soil bacterium
纳霍德卡
naap6 fok3 dak1 kaa1Nakhodka (city in Russia)
纳福
naap6 fuk1to accept a life of ease
纳吉布
naap6 gat1 bou3Mohamed Naguib (1901–1984), first president of the Republic of Egypt
纳杰夫
naap6 git6 fu1Najaf (city in Iraq, a Shia holy city)
纳贡
naap6 gung3to pay tribute
-纳戈尔诺-卡拉巴赫
naap6 gwo1 ji5 nok6- kaa1 laai1 baa1 haak1Nagorno-Karabakh Republic [written and colloquial]
纳赫雄
naap6 haak1 hung4Nahshon (name)
呐喊
naap6 haam3(verb) 1. Cheer; (adjective) 2. Roaring
纳罕
naap6 hon2bewildered
纳降
naap6 hong4to surrender
纳鸿
naap6 hung4Nahum
纳入
naap6 jap6to bring into; to integrate into
纳尔逊
naap6 ji5 seon3Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British naval hero
纳雍
naap6 jung1see 納雍縣|纳雍县[Na4 yong1 Xian4]
纳雍县
naap6 jung1 jyun6Nayong, a county in Bijie City 畢節市|毕节市[Bi4 jie2 Shi4], Guizhou
纳溪
naap6 kai1see 納溪區|纳溪区[Na4 xi1 Qu1]
纳溪区
naap6 kai1 keoi1Naxi, a district of Luzhou City 瀘州市|泸州市[Lu2 zhou1 Shi4], Sichuan
纳贿
naap6 kui2bribery
纳兰性德
naap6 laan4 sing3 dak1Nalan Xingde (1655-1685), Manchu ethnic Qing dynasty poet
纳凉
naap6 loeng4to enjoy the cool air
纳粮
naap6 loeng4to pay taxes in kind (rice, cloth etc)
纳米
naap6 mai5nanometer
纳米比亚
naap6 mai5 bei2 aa3Namibia
纳米技术
naap6 mai5 gei6 seot6nanotechnology
纳闽
naap6 man5Labuan, island territory of Malaysia off Sabah coast, north Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
纳秒
naap6 miu5nanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s (PRC)
纳木错
naap6 muk6 co3Namtso or Lake Nam (officially Nam Co), mountain lake at Nakchu in central Tibet
纳闷
naap6 mun6puzzled

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