尲尬

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiānjiè, gāngà

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢㄐㄧㄝˋ, ㄍㄢㄍㄚˋ

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

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/	/kˠɛi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæm/	/kᵚæi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐm/	/kɐi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨm/	/kəɨj^H/
Li Rong	/kɐm/	/kɛi^H/
Wang Li	/kɐm/	/kɐi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kăm/	/kăi^H/
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

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

Derived terms

尷尬 / 尴尬

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