困境

Chinese

		distress; sleepy; doze off	border; place; condition border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory
simp. and trad. (困境)		困	境

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kùnjìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan³ ging²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khùn-kéng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kung³ gêng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kùnjìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kùnjìng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻun⁴-ching⁴
    • Yale: kwùn-jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuennjinq
    • Palladius: куньцзин (kunʹczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwan³ ging²
    • Yale: kwan gíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwan³ ging²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuen³ ging²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn³³ kɪŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khùn-kéng
    • Tâi-lô: khùn-kíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: quonkeang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰun²¹⁻⁵³ kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰun⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰun²¹⁻⁵³ kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰun¹¹⁻⁵³ kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰun²¹⁻⁴¹ kiɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kung³ gêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khùng kéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ keŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

困境

1. predicament; straits; difficult situation; desperate circumstances; adversity; plight

Synonyms

• 危境 (wēijìng)
• 厄 (literary, or in compounds)
• 困厄 (kùn'è) (literary)
• 地步 (dìbù)
• 時艱／时艰 (shíjiān) (difficult times at present)
• 畏景 (wèijǐng) (literary, figurative)
• 處境／处境 (chǔjìng)
• 逆境 (nìjìng)

 

Antonyms

• 順境／顺境 (shùnjìng)