擱淺

Chinese

		to place	shallow; sound of moving water
trad. (擱淺)		擱	淺
simp. (搁浅)		搁	浅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēqiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜ ㄑㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gok³ cin²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koh-chhián

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēqiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ ㄑㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: geciǎn
    • Wade–Giles: ko¹-chʻien³
    • Yale: gē-chyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gechean
    • Palladius: гэцянь (gɛcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gok³ cin²
    • Yale: gok chín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gok⁸ tsin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gog³ qin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːk̚³ t͡sʰiːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koh-chhián
    • Tâi-lô: koh-tshián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koihchiern
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ t͡sʰiɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ko(ʔ)⁵ t͡sʰiɛn⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

擱淺

1. to run aground; to be stranded
2. to reach a deadlock; to run into difficulties and stop

Synonyms

• (to run aground): (Min Nan) 𣹇淺／𣹇浅, 𣹇線／𣹇线, 𣹇沙