困處

Chinese

		distress; sleepy; doze off	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
trad. (困處)		困	處
simp. (困处)		困	处

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kùnchǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄔㄨˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kùnchǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄔㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kùnchǔ
  - Wade–Giles: kʻun⁴-chʻu³
  - Yale: kwùn-chǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuennchuu
  - Palladius: куньчу (kunʹču)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

困處

plight; predicament; straits
- 敵之在台兒莊失敗和山西困處，就是顯證。 [MSC, trad.]
  敌之在台儿庄失败和山西困处，就是显证。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Dí zhī zài Tái'érzhuāng shībài hé Shānxī kùnchǔ, jiù shì xiǎnzhèng. [Pinyin]
  The enemy's defeat at Tai'erzhuang and his predicament in Shanxi prove this clearly.

Verb

困處

to be in a sorry plight; be in a predicament; be in dire straits

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