窘困

Chinese

		distressed; embarrassed	distress; sleepy; doze off
trad. (窘困)		窘	困
simp. #(窘困)		窘	困
anagram		困窘

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǒngkùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄥˇ ㄎㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan³ kwan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǒngkùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄥˇ ㄎㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyǒngkùn
    • Wade–Giles: chiung³-kʻun⁴
    • Yale: jyǔng-kwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeongkuenn
    • Palladius: цзюнкунь (czjunkunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwan³ kwan³
    • Yale: kwan kwan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwan³ kwan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuen³ kuen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn³³ kʷʰɐn³³/

Adjective

窘困

1. poverty-stricken; impoverished
2. embarrassed; feeling awkward

Synonyms

• (poverty-stricken):

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• 厄 (literary, or in compounds)
• 困乏 (kùnfá) (formal)
• 困窘 (kùnjiǒng)
• 困窮 / 困穷 (kùnqióng)
• 困苦 (kùnkǔ)
• 困難 / 困难
• 困頓 / 困顿 (kùndùn)
• 宋凶 (Hokkien)
• 散 (Hokkien)
• 散凶 (Hokkien)
• 散赤 (Hokkien)
• 清苦 (qīngkǔ) (especially of scholars and intellectuals)
• 淡薄 (dànbó) (literary)
• 清貧 / 清贫 (qīngpín) (especially of scholars and intellectuals)
• 㾪赤 (Hokkien)
• 磽 / 硗 (Teochew)
• 䆀康 (Hokkien)
• 空乏 (kòngfá) (literary)
• 窄
• 窘促 (jiǒngcù) (literary)
• 窘迫 (jiǒngpò)
• 窮 / 穷 (qióng)
• 窮乏 / 穷乏 (qióngfá) (literary)
• 窮困 / 穷困 (qióngkùn)
• 窮㾪 / 穷㾪 (Hokkien)
• 窮苦 / 穷苦 (qióngkǔ)
• 窮赤 / 穷赤 (Hokkien)
• 艱苦 / 艰苦 (Hokkien)
• 苦寒 (kǔhán)
• 貧乏 / 贫乏 (pínfá)
• 貧困 / 贫困 (pínkùn)
• 貧寒 / 贫寒 (pínhán)
• 貧瘠 / 贫瘠 (pínjí) (literary)
• 貧窮 / 贫穷 (pínqióng)
• 貧苦 / 贫苦 (pínkǔ)