Cantonese words starting with N

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Unpredictable, unforeseeable, or hard to anticipate; typically used for unfortunate events.

Smelly or bad-smelling; having an unpleasant odor, particularly of food rather than a place.

Hard to avoid; inevitable or unavoidable.

Difficult to understand.

Unforgettable; memorable; leaving a deep impression that cannot be forgotten.

naan4 nang4 ho2 gwai3

難能可貴难能可贵

Rare and precious; highly commendable and remarkable under difficult circumstances.

Hard to bear, tolerate, or endure.

To feel bad, sad, or uneasy; to feel uncomfortable in one's heart.

naan4 se2 naan4 lei4

難捨難離难舍难离

Hard to part with; deeply attached to a person or thing, making it difficult to separate or let go.

Tasting bad; unpalatable; horrible to eat.

naan4 soeng1 jyu5

難相與难相与

Difficult to get along with; demanding or harsh in dealing with people.

Ugly or unpleasant in appearance; also embarrassing, shameful, or awkward.

A difficult problem, tough issue, or challenge that is hard to solve.

Unpleasant to hear, or offensive and hurtful to listen to.

To make things difficult for someone, or to endure a tough situation or heavy pressure.

naan4 wai4 cing4

難為情难为情

Embarrassed, abashed, or self-conscious.

To be put in a difficult, awkward, or compromising situation where any action may cause displeasure.

Extremely salty; overly salty.

Blushing; turning red from embarrassment.

A fellow sufferer or a friend who has gone through difficult times with you.

Refugee; a person forced to flee their home due to natural disasters, war, or other calamities.

naan6 man4 jing4

難民營难民营

Refugee camp; a camp used to temporarily house refugees.

To shout, yell, or raise a battle cry; also to stammer or speak with hesitation.

To accept, take in, or bring in; also to pay.

To patch up or sew; also refers to a cassock or a Buddhist monk.

Sodium; the chemical element with atomic number 11 and symbol Na.

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; a landlocked region in the South Caucasus.

To shout loudly or yell.

To include in a category or domain, or to classify as something.

Nanometer; a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter.

naap6 mai5 bei2 aa3

納米比亞纳米比亚

Namibia, a country in southwestern Africa with its capital at Windhoek.

Nazi; relating to Nazism or the Nazi Party.

naap6 seoi6 zyu2 ji6

納粹主義纳粹主义

Nazism; the fascist ideology of the Nazi Party in Germany under Adolf Hitler from 1933 to 1945.

To get burned or scalded by something hot.

To get burned or scalded by something hot.

Soldering iron; a tool used to melt solder for joining metal and circuit boards.

To get burned or scalded by something hot.

To restrain, or the downward-right concave stroke in Chinese calligraphy.

To scratch an itch, to yield, or to obstruct.

A macaque, or to scratch.

An anchor; a heavy device dropped to the seabed to keep a vessel from drifting.

Big cymbals or an ancient bronze percussion instrument.

An ancient name for a species of macaque or monkey.

Slush; wet mud; mire.

Noisy, bustling, or busy.

naau6 bit6 nau2

鬧別扭闹别扭

To bicker, clash, or be at odds with someone, often over petty matters or due to a misunderstanding.

To humiliate or publicly scold and shame someone.

To fall out with someone after an argument, turning hostile and ending the friendship.