困窘

Chinese

		distress; sleepy; doze off	distressed; embarrassed
trad. (困窘)		困	窘
simp. #(困窘)		困	窘
anagram		窘困

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kùnjiǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄩㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan³ kwan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kùnjiǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄩㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kùnjyǒng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻun⁴-chiung³
    • Yale: kwùn-jyǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuennjeong
    • Palladius: куньцзюн (kunʹczjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwan³ kwan³
    • Yale: kwan kwan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwan³ kwan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuen³ kuen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn³³ kʷʰɐn³³/

Adjective

困窘

1. embarrassed; awkward
2. hard up; destitute; poverty-stricken

Synonyms

• (embarrassed): 尷尬／尴尬 (gāngà), 狼狽／狼狈 (lángbèi), 難堪／难堪 (nánkān), 為難／为难 (wéinán)
• (hard up):

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• 厄 (literary, or in compounds)
• 困乏 (kùnfá) (formal)
• 困窮／困穷 (kùnqióng)
• 困苦 (kùnkǔ)
• 困難／困难
• 困頓／困顿 (kùndùn)
• 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)