兩難

See also: 两难

Chinese

		both; two; ounce both; two; ounce; some; a few; tael	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
trad. (兩難)		兩	難
simp. (两难)		两	难
Literally: “two difficulties”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liǎngnán

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄋㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵ naan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lióng-nàn
Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): lióng-lân / liáng-lân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liǎngnán
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄋㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liǎngnán
  - Wade–Giles: liang³-nan²
  - Yale: lyǎng-nán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leangnan
  - Palladius: ляннань (ljannanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: loeng⁵ naan⁴
  - Yale: léuhng nàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵ naan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵ nan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ¹³ naːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lióng-nàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: liong` nanˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liong³ nan²
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯oŋ³¹ nan¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lióng-lân
  - Tâi-lô: lióng-lân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liofnglaan
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lan²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lan²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáng-lân
  - Tâi-lô: liáng-lân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liafnglaan
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan¹³/

Adjective

兩難

being in a dilemma or quandary situation
陷入兩難／陷入两难 ― xiànrù liǎngnán ― to be caught in a dilemma

Derived terms

兩難論證／两难论证
左右兩難／左右两难
進退兩難／进退两难 (jìntuìliǎngnán)

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