艱 (gaan1) — difficult; hard; trying in Cantonese
gaanˉ¹艱简 艰
Mandarin Pinyin: jian1
Meaning of 艱
noundifficult; hard; trying
nounmourning for one's parents
Words Containing 艱
舉步維艱geoi2 bou6 wai4 gaan1
have great difficulty to walk
艱巨gaan1 geoi6
very difficult; extremely hard
艱險gaan1 him2
difficult and dangerous
艱苦gaan1 fu2
hard; difficult; arduous
艱深gaan1 sam1
abstruse; difficult to understand
艱辛gaan1 san1
hardships; arduous; difficult
共渡時艱gung6 dou6 si4 gaan1
endure the current hardship together
艱難gaan1 naan4
difficult; hard. Cant. prefers 艱難 over 困難. Mand. prefers 困難 over 艱難
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