多災多難

Chinese

		many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	disaster; calamity	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
trad. (多災多難)		多	災	多	難
simp. (多灾多难)		多	灾	多	难

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duōzāiduōnàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛ ㄗㄞ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄋㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): do¹ zoi¹ do¹ naan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duōzāiduōnàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛ ㄗㄞ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄋㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duozaiduonàn
    • Wade–Giles: to¹-tsai¹-to¹-nan⁴
    • Yale: dwō-dzāi-dwō-nàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duotzaiduonann
    • Palladius: доцзайдонань (doczajdonanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ nän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: do¹ zoi¹ do¹ naan⁶
    • Yale: dō jōi dō naahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ dzoi¹ do¹ naan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: do¹ zoi¹ do¹ nan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ naːn²²/

Idiom

多災多難

1. with many disasters

   我們這個國家真是多災多難。 [MSC, trad.]
   我们这个国家真是多灾多难。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒmen zhège guójiā zhēnshì duōzāiduōnàn. [Pinyin]

   Our country is really troubled.