海難

Chinese

		ocean; sea	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good
trad. (海難)		海	難
simp. (海难)		海	难

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎinàn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄋㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² naan⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hói-nan
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-lān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎinàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄋㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎinàn
  - Wade–Giles: hai³-nan⁴
  - Yale: hǎi-nàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haenann
  - Palladius: хайнань (xajnanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi² naan⁶
  - Yale: hói naahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² naan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi² nan⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ naːn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hói-nan
  - Hakka Romanization System: hoi^ˋ nan
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hoi³ nan⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /hoi̯³¹ nan⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-lān
  - Tâi-lô: hái-lān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haylan
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lan⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lan³³/

Noun

海難

maritime disaster (e.g. a shipwreck, becoming stranded, sinking, etc.)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	難
かい Grade: 2	なん Grade: 6
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
海難 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ka̠inã̠ɴ]

Noun

海(かい)難(なん) • (kainan)

disaster at sea; maritime accident
- 2023 April 27, 森屋隆, quotee, “第211回国会　参議院　国土交通委員会　第12号　令和5年4月27日”, in 国会会議録検索システム‎^[1], 国立国会図書館, retrieved 22 December 2025:
  また、海難の発生に際しては、迅速かつ機動的な救助が可能となるよう、通報体制や救助体制の一層の充実・強化に努めること。
  Mata, kainan no hassei ni saishite wa, jinsoku katsu kidōteki na kyūjo ga kanō to naru yō, tsūhō taisei ya kyūjo taisei no issō no jūjitsu kyōka ni tsutomeru koto.
  In addition, we will strive to further improve and strengthen reporting and rescue systems to enable rapid and flexible rescue in the event of a maritime accident.