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苦境

苦境

Chinese

		bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful	border; place; condition border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory
simp. and trad. (苦境)		苦	境

Noun

苦境

hard and difficult circumstances; dire straits

Japanese

Kanji in this term
苦	境
Grade: 3	Grade: 5

Noun

苦境 ‎(hiragana くきょう, romaji kukyō)

quagmire
苦境 (くきょう)に追 (お)い込 (こ)まれた。

Kukyō ni oikomareta.

He was thrown into a very difficult situation.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): kǔjìng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² ging²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khú-kin
Min Nan (POJ): khó͘-kéng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: kǔjìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuujinq
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² ging²
  - Yale: fú gíng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² ging²
  - IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ kɪŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khú-kin
  - Hakka Romanization System: ku` gin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ku³ gin⁴
  - IPA: /kʰu³¹ kin⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó͘-kéng
  - Tâi-lô: khóo-kíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qofkeang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiɪŋ⁴¹/