困境

Chinese

		distress; sleepy; doze off	border; place; condition border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory
simp. and trad. (困境)		困	境

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kùnjìng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan³ ging²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khùn-kéng

(Teochew, Peng'im): kung³ gêng²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kùnjìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kùnjìng
  - Wade–Giles: kʻun⁴-ching⁴
  - Yale: kwùn-jìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuennjinq
  - Palladius: куньцзин (kunʹczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kwan³ ging²
  - Yale: kwan gíng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwan³ ging²
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuen³ ging²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn³³ kɪŋ³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khùn-kéng
  - Tâi-lô: khùn-kíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: quonkeang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰun²¹⁻⁵³ kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰun⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰun²¹⁻⁵³ kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰun¹¹⁻⁵³ kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰun²¹⁻⁴¹ kiɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: kung³ gêng²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khùng kéng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰuŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ keŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

困境

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

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

順境／顺境 (shùnjìng)

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