"兩難" meaning in Chinese

See 兩難 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lœːŋ¹³ naːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /li̯oŋ³¹ nan¹¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan²⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei, Xiamen], /liɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lan²³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lan²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /liaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan¹³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵/, /lœːŋ¹³ naːn²¹/, /li̯oŋ³¹ nan¹¹/, /liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan²⁴/, /liɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lan²³/, /liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lan²⁴/, /liaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan¹³/ Chinese transliterations: liǎngnán [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄋㄢˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], loeng⁵ naan⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], lióng-nàn [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], lióng-lân, liáng-lân, liǎngnán [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], liǎngnán [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], liang³-nan² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], lyǎng-nán [Mandarin, Yale], leangnan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], ляннань [Mandarin, Palladius], ljannanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], léuhng nàahn [Cantonese, Yale], loeng⁵ naan⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], lêng⁵ nan⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], lióng-nàn [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], liong` nanˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], liong³ nan² [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], lióng-lân [Hokkien, POJ], lióng-lân [Hokkien, Tai-lo], liofnglaan [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], liáng-lân [Hokkien, POJ], liáng-lân [Hokkien, Tai-lo], liafnglaan [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 兩難
  1. being in a dilemma or quandary situation Derived forms: 兩難論證, 两难论证, 左右兩難, 左右两难, 進退兩難 (jìntuìliǎngnán), 进退两难 (jìntuìliǎngnán)
    Sense id: en-兩難-zh-adj-v0V0KUSw Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header

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        },
        {
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          "word": "進退兩難"
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      "zh-pron": "liǎngnán"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄋㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "loeng⁵ naan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lióng-nàn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "lióng-lân"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "liáng-lân"
    },
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        "Mandarin"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liǎngnán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liang³-nan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lyǎng-nán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "leangnan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ляннань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ljannanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "léuhng nàahn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "loeng⁵ naan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lêng⁵ nan⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lœːŋ¹³ naːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lióng-nàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liong` nanˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liong³ nan²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯oŋ³¹ nan¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lióng-lân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lióng-lân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liofnglaan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lan²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lan²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liáng-lân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liáng-lân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liafnglaan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lœːŋ¹³ naːn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯oŋ³¹ nan¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lan²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lan²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "兩難"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "兩難論證"
    },
    {
      "word": "两难论证"
    },
    {
      "word": "左右兩難"
    },
    {
      "word": "左右两难"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jìntuìliǎngnán",
      "word": "進退兩難"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jìntuìliǎngnán",
      "word": "进退两难"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "adj",
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
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        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hakka adjectives",
        "Hakka lemmas",
        "Hokkien adjectives",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin adjectives",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "to be caught in a dilemma",
          "roman": "xiànrù liǎngnán",
          "text": "陷入兩難/陷入两难",
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        }
      ],
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        "being in a dilemma or quandary situation"
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          "quandary",
          "quandary"
        ],
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          "situation",
          "situation"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Pinyin"
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    {
      "tags": [
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        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄋㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "loeng⁵ naan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lióng-nàn"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "lióng-lân"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "liáng-lân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liǎngnán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liǎngnán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liang³-nan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lyǎng-nán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "leangnan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ляннань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ljannanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "léuhng nàahn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "loeng⁵ naan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lêng⁵ nan⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lœːŋ¹³ naːn²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lióng-nàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liong` nanˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liong³ nan²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯oŋ³¹ nan¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lióng-lân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lióng-lân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liofnglaan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lan²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lan²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liáng-lân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liáng-lân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liafnglaan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lœːŋ¹³ naːn²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯oŋ³¹ nan¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lan²³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lan²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan¹³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "兩難"
}

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