困頓

Chinese

		distress; sleepy; doze off	a time; jerk; stop a time; jerk; stop; meal; bout; spell; (measure for beating)
trad. (困頓)		困	頓
simp. (困顿)		困	顿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kùndùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan³ deon⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khùn-tùn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kung³ dung⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kùndùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kùndùn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻun⁴-tun⁴
    • Yale: kwùn-dwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuennduenn
    • Palladius: куньдунь (kunʹdunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwan³ deon⁶
    • Yale: kwan deuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwan³ doen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuen³ dên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn³³ tɵn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khùn-tùn
    • Tâi-lô: khùn-tùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: quonduxn
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰun²¹⁻⁵³ tun²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰun⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tun⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kung³ dung⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khùng tŭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tuŋ³⁵/

Adjective

困頓

1. exhausted; fatigued; weary
2. in financial straits

Synonyms

• (exhausted):

• 乏力 (fálì)
• 倦怠 (juàndài)
• 勞累／劳累 (láolèi)
• 勞頓／劳顿 (láodùn)
• 厭𤺪／厌𤺪 (Hokkien)
• 困乏 (kùnfá)
• 懶／懒 (lǎn)
• 疲乏 (pífá)
• 疲倦 (píjuàn)
• 疲勞／疲劳 (píláo)
• 疲困 (píkùn) (literary)
• 疲憊／疲惫 (píbèi)
• 精疲力盡／精疲力尽 (jīngpílìjìn)
• 精疲力竭 (jīngpílìjié)
• 累 (lèi)
• 頓／顿 (literary)

 

• (in financial straits):

• 厄 (literary, or in compounds)
• 困乏 (kùnfá) (formal)
• 困窘 (kùnjiǒng)
• 困窮／困穷 (kùnqióng)
• 困苦 (kùnkǔ)
• 困難／困难
• 宋凶 (Hokkien)
• 散 (Hokkien)
• 散凶 (Hokkien)
• 散赤 (Hokkien)
• 清苦 (qīngkǔ) (especially of scholars and intellectuals)
• 淡薄 (dànbó) (literary)
• 清貧／清贫 (qīngpín) (especially of scholars and intellectuals)
• 㾪赤 (Hokkien)
• 磽／硗 (Teochew)
• 䆀康 (Hokkien)
• 空乏 (kòngfá) (literary)
• 窄
• 窘促 (jiǒngcù) (literary)
• 窘困 (jiǒngkùn)
• 窘迫 (jiǒngpò)
• 窮／穷 (qióng)
• 窮乏／穷乏 (qióngfá) (literary)
• 窮困／穷困 (qióngkùn)
• 窮㾪／穷㾪 (Hokkien)
• 窮苦／穷苦 (qióngkǔ)
• 窮赤／穷赤 (Hokkien)
• 艱苦／艰苦 (Hokkien)
• 苦寒 (kǔhán)
• 貧乏／贫乏 (pínfá)
• 貧困／贫困 (pínkùn)
• 貧寒／贫寒 (pínhán)
• 貧瘠／贫瘠 (pínjí) (literary)
• 貧窮／贫穷 (pínqióng)
• 貧苦／贫苦 (pínkǔ)

 

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
困	頓

Adjective

困頓

1. chữ Hán form of khốn đốn (“miserable”).