處境

See also: 处境

Chinese

		a place; location; spot a place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to stay; get along with; to be in a position of; deal with	border; place; condition border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory
trad. (處境)		處	境
simp. (处境)		处	境

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǔjìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyu² ging²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhìr-kéng / chhú-kéng / chhù-kéng / chhì-kéng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cu³ gêng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǔjìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǔjìng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu³-ching⁴
    • Yale: chǔ-jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuujinq
    • Palladius: чуцзин (čuczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyu² ging²
    • Yale: chyú gíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsy² ging²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qu² ging²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyː³⁵ kɪŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhìr-kéng
    • Tâi-lô: tshìr-kíng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhú-kéng
    • Tâi-lô: tshú-kíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhw'keang
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhù-kéng
    • Tâi-lô: tshù-kíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuo'keang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰu²¹⁻⁵³ kiɪŋ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-kéng
    • Tâi-lô: tshì-kíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chie'keang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ kiɪŋ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cu³ gêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshù kéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu²¹³⁻⁵⁵ keŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

處境

1. predicament; straits; difficult situation; desperate circumstances; adversity; plight

Synonyms

• 危境 (wēijìng)
• 厄 (literary, or in compounds)
• 困厄 (kùn'è) (literary)
• 困境 (kùnjìng)
• 地步 (dìbù)
• 時艱／时艰 (shíjiān) (difficult times at present)
• 畏景 (wèijǐng) (literary, figurative)
• 逆境 (nìjìng)

 

Derived terms

• 處境喜劇／处境喜剧 (chǔjìng xǐjù)
• 處境尷尬／处境尴尬 (chǔjìnggāngà)