難聽 [难听]

Jyutping naan4 teng1
Pinyin nán tīng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. unpleasant to hear
  2. coarse
  3. vulgar
  4. offensive
  5. shameful
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    聲線​、​音質​聽​到​覺得​唔​舒服​，​好難​忍受​，​唔​想​聽​落​去
    (of sounds) unpleasant to hear; out of tune; awful sounding
    • 佢唱歌好難聽。
      佢唱歌好难听。
      keoi5 coeng3 go1 hou2 naan4 teng1.
      He sings awfully.
  2. 形容詞
    講​嘢​嘅​內​容​令人​難堪
    (of contents of speech) too critical or disrespectful
    • 你又唔好講得咁難聽。
      你又唔好讲得咁难听。
      nei5 jau6 m4 hou2 gong2 dak1 gam3 naan4 teng1.
      You should not talk in such a critical tone.
  3. 反義詞
    好聽、悦耳
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj
    bad-sounding; unpleasant to the ear; ugly
    (syn.) 歹聽, 歹听
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 二级词汇表 #397
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    钢琴走调了，音色很难听。
    鋼琴走調了，音色很難聽。
    gāng qín zǒu diào le ， yīn sè hěn nán tīng 。
    • The piano was out of tune; it sounded very bad.
  2. Mandarin
    比尔生气了并用难听的话骂迪克。
    比爾生氣了並用難聽的話罵迪克。
    bǐ ěr shēng qì le bìng yòng nán tīng de huà mà dí kè 。
    • Bill got mad and called Dick names.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢哋喺我背后讲咗啲难听嘅说话。
    佢哋喺我背後講咗啲難聽嘅説話。
    keoi5 dei6 hai2 ngo5 bui3 hau6 gong2 zo2 di1 naan4 teng1 ge3 syut3 waa6.
    • They have said unpleasant things about me behind my back.
  2. Cantonese
    佢唱歌 好难听。
    佢唱歌 好難聽。
    keoi5 coeng3 go1 hou2 naan4 teng1.
    • He sings awfully.
  3. Cantonese
    你啲说话咁难听嘅？
    你啲説話咁難聽嘅？
    nei5 di1 syut3 waa6 gam3 naan4 teng1 ge2?
    • Your words (=the way you put it) are so unpleasant.
  4. Cantonese
    好坦白，你唱歌真系几难听。
    好坦白，你唱歌真係幾難聽。
    hou2 taan2 baak6, nei5 coeng3 go1 zan1 hai6 gei2 naan4 teng1.
    • Honestly, you sing horribly.
  5. Cantonese
    佢讲嘢好lur，好难听得清。
    佢講嘢好lur，好難聽得清。
    keoi5 gong2 je5 hou2 loe2, hou2 naan4 teng1 dak1 cing1.
    • His style of speaking is mumbled and thus hard to comprehend.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    钢琴走调了，音色很难听。
    鋼琴走調了，音色很難聽。
    gāng qín zǒu diào le ， yīn sè hěn nán tīng ．
    • The piano was out of tune; it sounded very bad.
  2. Mandarin
    难听
    難聽
    nán tīng
    • unpleasant to the ear
  3. Mandarin
    我和高龄的父亲同住，他开口闭口都是些难听的话，言论偏激、批判恶毒，对过去永远抱怨不休。
    我和高齡的父親同住，他開口閉口都是些難聽的話，言論偏激、批判惡毒，對過去永遠抱怨不休。
    wǒ hé gāo líng de fù qīn tóng zhù ， tā kāi kǒu bì kǒu dōu shì xiē nán tīng de huà ， yán lùn piān jī ， pī pàn è dú ， duì guò qù yǒng yuǎn bào yuàn bù xiū ．
    • I live together with my elder father. He always says nasty things, radical remarks, vicious comments and endless complaints about the past.