坎坷

Chinese

		pit; threshold
simp. and trad. (坎坷)		坎	坷
alternative forms		轗軻／𫐘轲 堿坷 㙳坷 坎碣 (-khia̍t/khiat) Min Nan 嵁硈 (-khia̍t/khiat) Min Nan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎnkě

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢˇ ㄎㄜˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ham² ho² / ham¹ ho¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kham-khiet / kham-khiat
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khám-khó / khám-kho / khám-khia̍t / kham-khia̍t / khám-khiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎnkě [Phonetic: kánkě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢˇ ㄎㄜˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎnkě
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan³-kʻo³
    • Yale: kǎn-kě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaankee
    • Palladius: канькэ (kanʹkɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham² ho² / ham¹ ho¹
    • Yale: hám hó / hām hō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham² ho² / ham¹ ho¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem² ho² / hem¹ ho¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm³⁵ hɔː³⁵/, /hɐm⁵⁵ hɔː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kham-khiet
    • Hakka Romanization System: kam kied`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kam<sup>4</sup> kiad<sup>5</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰam⁵⁵ kʰi̯et̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kham-khiat
    • Hakka Romanization System: kam kiad`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kam⁴ kiad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰam⁵⁵ kʰi̯at̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khám-khó
    • Tâi-lô: khám-khó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qafmqoir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰo⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khám-kho
    • Tâi-lô: khám-kho
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qafmqoy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khám-khia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: khám-khia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qafmqiat
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiɛt̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kham-khia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: kham-khia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qamqiat
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰam⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiɛt̚⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰam⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɛt̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khám-khiat
    • Tâi-lô: khám-khiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qafmqiad
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚³²/

Note: khám-khia̍t/kham-khia̍t/khám-khiat - 坎碣 is used in the Mainland.

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 坎坷

1. (of a road) bumpy
2. (figurative, of life) hard; rough; ill-fated; unfortunate; unfavoured