Cantonese words starting with N

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Male star; a male celebrity or actor.

Male; the male sex, as opposed to female.

naam4 sou1 daan1

南蘇丹南苏丹

South Sudan; a country in eastern Africa with its capital in Juba.

naam4 taai3 ping4 joeng4

South Pacific Ocean

Boy or male child; used in relatively formal or written contexts.

naam4 tung4 gwan1

男童軍男童军

naam4 tung4 jyun2

A boys' reformatory or residential home for boys with behavioral or emotional problems, or who have committed offenses.

naam4 waa4 lei5

南華李南华李

South China plum

Southern latitude; degree of latitude south of the equator.

naam4 wan1 daai3

南溫帶南温带

South Temperate Zone; the region of the Earth between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle.

naam4 wui4 gwai1 sin3

南回歸線南回归线

Tropic of Capricorn; the southernmost latitude where the sun can be directly overhead.

Boy, young man, or male child.

naam4 zai2 tau4

男仔頭男仔头

Boyish or tomboyish; describing a girl with a masculine appearance, style, or personality.

naam4 zau1 zaam6

Nanzhou Station, a subway station in Guangzhou, China.

男子漢男子汉

A real man; a manly, masculine, and steadfast male.

Chữ Nôm; the logographic writing system formerly used for the Vietnamese language.

naam4 zing1 bak1 tou2

南征北討南征北讨

To have fought in countless battles; to have a long history of military campaigns.

Baron; the fifth rank of nobility in ancient China, also used to translate equivalent Western titles.

Menswear; clothing designed for men.

naam4 zung1 gwok3 hoi2

南中國海南中国海

South China Sea

naam4 zyu2 gok3

Male protagonist; leading actor.

Soaked; completely and utterly wet.

Flank, brisket, or belly meat; can also refer to a prominent belly or potbelly.

Difficult; hard; not easy to do, requiring a lot of time, trouble, or effort.

To have no guarantee; cannot say for sure.

To have a difficult labor or childbirth.

naan4 ci4 kei4 gau3

難辭其咎难辞其咎

To be unable to escape blame or responsibility.

Unbearable, hard to bear, or difficult to tolerate.

Rare; hard to come by; seldom.

naan4 dak1 jat1 gin3

難得一見难得一见

Rare; hard to see; seldom seen.

Point of difficulty; a difficult part or aspect.

Unbearable, intolerable, or highly annoying; difficult to accept or endure.

To baffle, daunt, or confound someone; to make it difficult to understand or explain.

Degree or level of difficulty.

Could it be that, or is it possible that; used to add emphasis to a rhetorical question.

naan4 fan1 naan4 gaai2

難分難解难分难解

Inextricably tied, especially of competitors neck and neck and refusing to give in.

Difficult or hard to say; uncertain or hard to decide immediately.

No wonder; it is understandable that; one can hardly blame.

A crisis, barrier, or difficult stage that is hard to overcome.

Sad, sorry, or grieved about something.

Embarrassing or hard to bear; intolerable.

naan4 hing1 naan4 dai6

難兄難弟难兄难弟

Brothers or close friends in an exceptionally good relationship, or fellow sufferers of a shared misfortune.

naan4 hoi1 haa6 dou6

難開下道难开下道

Used as a pun to describe a woman who is reluctant to have sex.

Ugly, unsightly, or displeasing to look at.

Hard to; difficult to.

naan4 ji5 gaai2 kyut3

難以解決难以解决

Difficult to solve, resolve, or settle.

naan4 ji5 jing4 jung4

難以形容难以形容

Hard to describe; beyond words.

naan4 ji5 wai4 gai3

難以為繼难以为继

Hard to keep going; difficult to continue or unsustainable.

naan4 ji5 zi3 seon3

難以置信难以置信

Unbelievable; incredible; highly unexpected and difficult to accept as true.