Cantonese words starting with N
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naan4 tai4
難題难题
difficult problem
naan4 teng1
難聽难听
unpleasant to hear; vulgar; shameful
naan4 tou4 faat3 mong5
難逃法網难逃法网
It is hard to escape the dragnet of the law
naan4 wai4
難為难为
(verb) Make a hard time on someone
naan4 wai4 cing4
難為情难为情
embarrassed
naan4 zau2
難走难走
hard to get to
naan4 zou6
難做难做
difficult to do; to put someone in a difficult situation
naan5
赧
blushing with shame
naan5 jin4
赧然
blushing
naan6 jau5
難友难友
fellow sufferer; a friend who accompanies one through tough times
naan6 man4
難民难民
refugee
naan6 man4 jing4
難民營难民营
refugee camp
naap6
吶呐
battle cry; to yell out loud; stammer
naap6
納纳
to receive; to enjoy; to pay (tax etc); to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing; to take
naap6
衲
cassock; to patch up; to sew; a Buddhist monk
naap6
鈉钠
sodium (chemistry); sharpen wood
naap6 cip3
納妾纳妾
to take a concubine
naap6 coi3 ji5
納賽爾纳赛尔
Nasr or Nasser (Arab name)
naap6 cung2
納寵纳宠
to take a concubine
naap6 daat6 ji5
納達爾纳达尔
Nadal (name)
naap6 dau2
納豆纳豆
nattō, a type of fermented soybean, popular as a breakfast food in Japan
naap6 dau2 kwan2
納豆菌纳豆菌
Bacillus subtilis (formerly Bacillus natto), a common soil bacterium
naap6 fok3 dak1 kaa1
納霍德卡纳霍德卡
Nakhodka (city in Russia)
naap6 fuk1
納福纳福
to accept a life of ease
naap6 gat1 bou3
納吉布纳吉布
Mohamed Naguib (1901–1984), first president of the Republic of Egypt
naap6 git6 fu1
納傑夫纳杰夫
Najaf (city in Iraq, a Shia holy city)
naap6 gung3
納貢纳贡
to pay tribute
naap6 gwo1 ji5 nok6- kaa1 laai1 baa1 haak1
納戈爾諾-卡拉巴赫纳戈尔诺-卡拉巴赫
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic [written and colloquial]
naap6 haak1 hung4
納赫雄纳赫雄
Nahshon (name)
naap6 haam3
吶喊呐喊
(verb) 1. Cheer; (adjective) 2. Roaring
naap6 hon2
納罕纳罕
bewildered
naap6 hong4
納降纳降
to surrender
naap6 hung4
納鴻纳鸿
Nahum
naap6 jap6
納入纳入
to bring into; to integrate into
naap6 ji5 seon3
納爾遜纳尔逊
Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British naval hero
naap6 jung1
納雍纳雍
see 納雍縣|纳雍县[Na4 yong1 Xian4]
naap6 jung1 jyun6
納雍縣纳雍县
Nayong, a county in Bijie City 畢節市|毕节市[Bi4 jie2 Shi4], Guizhou
naap6 kai1
納溪纳溪
see 納溪區|纳溪区[Na4 xi1 Qu1]
naap6 kai1 keoi1
納溪區纳溪区
Naxi, a district of Luzhou City 瀘州市|泸州市[Lu2 zhou1 Shi4], Sichuan
naap6 kui2
納賄纳贿
bribery
naap6 laan4 sing3 dak1
納蘭性德纳兰性德
Nalan Xingde (1655-1685), Manchu ethnic Qing dynasty poet
naap6 loeng4
納涼纳凉
to enjoy the cool air
naap6 loeng4
納糧纳粮
to pay taxes in kind (rice, cloth etc)
naap6 mai5
納米纳米
nanometer
naap6 mai5 bei2 aa3
納米比亞纳米比亚
Namibia
naap6 mai5 gei6 seot6
納米技術纳米技术
nanotechnology
naap6 man5
納閩纳闽
Labuan, island territory of Malaysia off Sabah coast, north Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
naap6 miu5
納秒纳秒
nanosecond, ns, 10^-9 s (PRC)
naap6 muk6 co3
納木錯纳木错
Namtso or Lake Nam (officially Nam Co), mountain lake at Nakchu in central Tibet
naap6 mun6
納悶纳闷
puzzled