時艱

Chinese

		o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period	difficult; hard; hardship
trad. (時艱)		時	艱
simp. (时艰)		时	艰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shíjiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁴ gaan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shíjiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhjian
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-chien¹
    • Yale: shŕ-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrjian
    • Palladius: шицзянь (šiczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si⁴ gaan¹
    • Yale: sìh gāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁴ gaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁴ gan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²¹ kaːn⁵⁵/

Noun

時艱

1. difficult times at present; tough times

Synonyms

• 危境 (wēijìng)
• 厄 (literary, or in compounds)
• 困厄 (kùn'è) (literary)
• 困境 (kùnjìng)
• 地步 (dìbù)
• 畏景 (wèijǐng) (literary, figurative)
• 處境／处境 (chǔjìng)
• 逆境 (nìjìng)

 

Derived terms

• 共克時艱／共克时艰 (gòngkèshíjiān)
• 共濟時艱／共济时艰
• 共體時艱／共体时艰
• 蒿目時艱／蒿目时艰