苦戰

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	to fight; fight; war to fight; fight; war; battle
trad. (苦戰)		苦	戰
simp. (苦战)		苦	战

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǔzhàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄓㄢˋ

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khú-chan
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khó͘-chiàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǔzhàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄓㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǔjhàn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻu³-chan⁴
    • Yale: kǔ-jàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuujann
    • Palladius: кучжань (kučžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khú-chan
    • Hakka Romanization System: ku^ˋ zan
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ku³ zan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰu³¹ t͡san⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-chiàn
    • Tâi-lô: khóo-tsiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qofciexn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛn²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɛn²¹/

Verb

苦戰

1. to fight bitterly (in a battle); to struggle hard (in a game, etc.)

Synonyms

• (formal) 鏖戰／鏖战 (áozhàn)
• (archaic) 酣戰／酣战 (hānzhàn)
• 激戰／激战 (jīzhàn)