苦境

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	border; place; condition border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory
trad. (苦境)		苦	境
simp. #(苦境)		苦	境

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǔjìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² ging²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khú-kin
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó͘-kéng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǔjìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǔjìng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu³-ching⁴
    • Yale: kǔ-jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuujinq
    • Palladius: куцзин (kuczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² ging²
    • Yale: fú gíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² ging²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² ging²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ kɪŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khú-kin
    • Hakka Romanization System: ku` gin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ku³ gin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰu³¹ kin⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-kéng
    • Tâi-lô: khóo-kíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qofkeang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴¹/

Noun

苦境

1. hard and difficult circumstances; dire straits

Japanese

Kanji in this term
苦	境
く Grade: 3	きょう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝkʲo̞ː]

Noun

苦(く)境(きょう) • (kukyō) 

1. quagmire

   苦境(くきょう)に追(お)い込(こ)まれた。

   Kukyō ni oikomareta.

   He was thrown into a very difficult situation.