尲尬

Chinese

			in an embarrassing situation
simp. and trad. (尲尬)		尲	尬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānjiè, gāngà

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄝˋ, ㄍㄢ ㄍㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānjiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jianjiè
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-chieh⁴
    • Yale: jyān-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianjieh
    • Palladius: цзяньцзе (czjanʹcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
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  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāngà
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄍㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gangà
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹-ka⁴
    • Yale: gān-gà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gangah
    • Palladius: ганьга (ganʹga)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ kä⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: keam keajH

Rime
Character	尲	尬
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	咸 (151)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	古咸切	古拜切
Baxter	keam	keajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛm/	/kˠɛiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæm/	/kᵚæiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐm/	/kɐiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨm/	/kəɨjH/
Li Rong	/kɐm/	/kɛiH/
Wang Li	/kɐm/	/kɐiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kăm/	/kăiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān	jiè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaam1	gaai3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːm  kreːds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	尲	尬
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	6031	6523
Phonetic component	兼	介
Rime group	談	祭
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	緘	誡
Old Chinese	/*kreːm/	/*kreːds/

Adjective

尲尬

1. (literary, archaic) walking limp; walking lamely
2. (literary) sneaky; strange; abnormal
3. (literary, of a situation) difficult; embarrassing; awkward

Derived terms

• 尷尬／尴尬