# 難看
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): nánkàn
       (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄎㄢˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nan$^2$ kan$^4$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): naan$^4$ hon$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): nàn-khon
    (Meixian, Guangdong): nan$^2$ kon$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): nan$^1$ kan$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lân-khàn
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$ne-khoe$_5$ / $^6$ne$_2$-khoe$_5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nánkàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄎㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nánkàn
*** Wade–Giles: nan$^2$-kʻan$^4$
*** Yale: nán-kàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nankann
*** Palladius: нанькань (nanʹkanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /nän³⁵ kʰän⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: nan$^2$ kan$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lankan
*** Sinological IPA : /nan²¹ kʰan²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: naan$^4$ hon$^3$
*** Yale: nàahn hon
*** Cantonese Pinyin: naan$^4$ hon$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nan$^4$ hon$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /naːn²¹ hɔːn³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàn-khon
*** Hakka Romanization System: nan$^ˇ$ kon
*** Hagfa Pinyim: nan$^2$ kon$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /nan¹¹ kʰon⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: nan$^2$ kon$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /nan¹¹ kʰɔn⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: nan$^1$ kan$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /næ̃¹¹ kʰæ̃⁴⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-khàn
*** Tâi-lô: lân-khàn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lanqaxn
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² kʰan²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² kʰan⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² kʰan²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ne-khoe$_5$
*** MiniDict: ne$^去$ khoe$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$ne-khoe$_2$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ne²² kʰø⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ne$_2$-khoe$_5$
*** MiniDict: ne$^平$ khoe$^去$
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ne²³ kʰø¹¹/

### Adjective

難看
* ugly; unsightly
       Nǐ huì sǐ dé hěn nánkàn. [Pinyin]
       You will die a miserable death. (slang)
* awkward; embarrassing; unseemly
* (of a facial expression) out of sorts; irritable; icy

#### Synonyms

* (ugly):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 醜, 媸 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 醜陋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 難看, 寒磣, 磣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 難看, 醜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 難看, 醜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 難看, 醜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 難看, 醜, 不心疼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 難看, 醜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 醜, 不好看 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 難看, 醜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 難看, 醜, 相壞 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 難睇, 醜, 醜怪, 樣衰, 醜樣, 肉酸, 核突 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 難睇, 醜, 醜怪, 樣衰, 醜樣, 肉酸, 核突 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 難睇 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 惡看, 醜鬼 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 不客氣, 難看 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 難看, 難睞, 醜, 像鬼 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 媸, 醜 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 媸, 醜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 媸, 醜 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 媸, 醜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 媸, 醜 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 䆀 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 難看, 醜 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 驚人, 毛格式, 生得呆 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 驚儂, 驚, 伓好看, 生得呆 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 歹看, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 兇, 歹看, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 兇, 歹看, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 䆀看, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 歹看, 䆀, 䆀材, 㾀, 䆀猴, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 歹看 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 歹看, 䆀 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 兇, 歹看, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 孬睇, 野樣, 䆀 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 野樣, 䆀 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 野樣, 野形, 䆀, 孬睇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 歹睇 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 難看, 怕 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 怕 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 怕 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 難看, 怕 |
| Wu | Kunshan | 難看 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 難看 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 難看 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 難看 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 難覷, 否好覷, 醜 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 醜, 不好看, 不打彩 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 醜, 不好看 |

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “ugly”): 好看 (hǎokàn)

### Verb

難看
* (Northern Wu) to hate or be hated
       If you don't do your homework now, the teacher will despise you tomorrow.