難言之隱

See also: 难言之隐

Chinese

		disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to speak; to say; talk to speak; to say; talk; word	's; him/her/it; this	secret; hidden; concealed
trad. (難言之隱)		難	言	之	隱
simp. (难言之隐)		难	言	之	隐
Literally: “hard-to-say secret”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nányánzhīyǐn

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄧㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naan⁴ jin⁴ zi¹ jan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nányánzhīyǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄓ ㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nányánjhihyǐn
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-yen²-chih¹-yin³
    • Yale: nán-yán-jr̄-yǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanyanjyyiin
    • Palladius: наньяньчжиинь (nanʹjanʹčžiinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ jɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ in²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naan⁴ jin⁴ zi¹ jan²
    • Yale: nàahn yìhn jī yán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naan⁴ jin⁴ dzi¹ jan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: nan⁴ yin⁴ ji¹ yen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːn²¹ jiːn²¹ t͡siː⁵⁵ jɐn³⁵/

Idiom

難言之隱

1. something too embarrassing to mention; an embarrassing illness