破局

Chinese

		to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	situation; office; (a measure word used for games) set or round office
simp. and trad. (破局)		破	局

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pòjú

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄐㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): po³ guk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pòjú
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄐㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pòjyú
    • Wade–Giles: pʻo⁴-chü²
    • Yale: pwò-jyú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohjyu
    • Palladius: поцзюй (poczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕy³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: po³ guk⁶
    • Yale: po guhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: po³ guk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: po³ gug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː³³ kʊk̚²/

Verb

破局

1. to break a deadlock

Noun

破局

1. lost game; losing battle; bad situation

Synonyms

• 敗局／败局 (bàijú)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
破	局
は Grade: 5	きょく Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

破(は)局(きょく) • (hakyoku) 

1. catastrophe, collapse, breakup

   ついに破局(はきょく)を迎(むか)えた。

   Tsui ni hakyoku o mukaeta.

   It ended in disaster.