交困

Chinese

		to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)	distress; sleepy; doze off
simp. and trad. (交困)		交	困

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāokùn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠㄎㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹ kwan³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiāokùn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠㄎㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiaokùn
  - Wade–Giles: chiao¹-kʻun⁴
  - Yale: jyāu-kwùn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaukuenn
  - Palladius: цзяокунь (czjaokunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰu̯ən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaau¹ kwan³
  - Yale: gāau kwan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹ kwan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gao¹ kuen³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯⁵⁵ kʷʰɐn³³/

Verb

交困

to end up in dire straits together
to have all sorts of hardships appear at once

Derived terms

上下交困
內外交困／内外交困 (nèiwàijiāokùn)

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