困局

Chinese

		distress; sleepy; doze off	situation; office; (a measure word used for games) set or round office
simp. and trad. (困局)		困	局

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kùnjú

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan³ guk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khùn-kio̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kùnjú
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kùnjyú
    • Wade–Giles: kʻun⁴-chü²
    • Yale: kwùn-jyú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuennjyu
    • Palladius: куньцзюй (kunʹczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ən⁵¹ t͡ɕy³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwan³ guk⁶
    • Yale: kwan guhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwan³ guk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuen³ gug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn³³ kʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khùn-kio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: khùn-kio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: quonkiok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰun²¹⁻⁵³ kiɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰun⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰun²¹⁻⁵³ kiɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰun¹¹⁻⁵³ kiɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰun²¹⁻⁴¹ kiɔk̚⁴/

Noun

困局

1. situation that is difficult to resolve

See also

• 困境 (kùnjìng)