饑饉

See also: 饥馑

Chinese

		hungry	time of famine or crop failure
trad. (饑饉)		饑	饉
simp. (饥馑)		饥	馑
alternative forms		飢饉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jījǐn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ gan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jījǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄐㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jijǐn
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-chin³
    • Yale: jī-jǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jijiin
    • Palladius: цзицзинь (cziczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei¹ gan²
    • Yale: gēi gán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹ gan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi¹ gen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵ kɐn³⁵/

Noun

饑饉

1. (literary) famine

Synonyms

• 災荒／灾荒 (zāihuāng)
• 糧荒／粮荒 (liánghuāng)
• 饑荒／饥荒 (jīhuāng)

 

Derived terms

• 饑饉之歲／饥馑之岁
• 饑饉薦臻／饥馑荐臻 (jījǐnjiànzhēn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
饑	饉
き Hyōgaiji	きん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 饑饉 – see the following entry.

【飢饉ききん】 [noun] famine; dearth

(This term, 饑饉, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
饑	饉

Noun

饑饉 • (gigeun) (hangeul 기근)

1. Hanja form^? of 기근 (“famine, failure of crops”).