難住

See also: 难住

Chinese

		disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to live; to dwell; to reside to live; to dwell; to reside; to stop
trad. (難住)		難	住
simp. (难住)		难	住

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nánzhù

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄓㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ zyu⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: nánzhù
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄓㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanjuh
  - IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: naan⁴ zyu⁶
  - Yale: nàahn jyuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ dzy⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ ju⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /näːn²¹ t͡ʃyː²²/

Verb

難住

to put somebody in a difficult situation; to embarrass somebody; to baffle; to fox; to puzzle
- 你把我難住了！ / 你把我难住了！ ― Nǐ bǎ wǒ nánzhù le! ― You got me there!
- 謀殺案把警方難住了。 [MSC, trad.]
  谋杀案把警方难住了。 [MSC, simp.]
  Móushā àn bǎ jǐngfāng nánzhù le. [Pinyin]
  The police is baffled by the murder.
- 我有一點被現場的所有人難住了。 [MSC, trad.]
  我有一点被现场的所有人难住了。 [MSC, simp.]
  Wǒ yǒu yīdiǎn bèi xiànchǎng de suǒyǒu rén nánzhù le. [Pinyin]
  I was a little embarrassed with all of the people present.
- 她緊張地咽了一下，似乎那問題把她難住了。 [MSC, trad.]
  她紧张地咽了一下，似乎那问题把她难住了。 [MSC, simp.]
  Tā jǐnzhāng de yān le yīxià, sìhū nà wèntí bǎ tā nánzhù le. [Pinyin]
  She gulped nervously, as if the question bothered her.

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