阿難

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
trad. (阿難)		阿	難
simp. (阿难)		阿	难

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Ānán

(Zhuyin): ㄚㄋㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ naan⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Ānán
  - Zhuyin: ㄚㄋㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Anán
  - Wade–Giles: A¹-nan²
  - Yale: Ā-nán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Anan
  - Palladius: Анань (Ananʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ nän³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa³ naan⁴
  - Yale: a nàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ naan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³ nan⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ naːn²¹/

Proper noun

阿難

Ananda (the foremost disciple of the Gautama Buddha)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “阿難” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

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