苦境

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǔjìng

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǔjìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǔjìng
  - Wade–Giles: kʻu³-ching⁴
  - Yale: kǔ-jìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuujinq
  - Palladius: куцзин (kuczin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu² ging²
  - Yale: fú gíng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu² ging²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu² ging²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ kɪŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khú-kin
  - Hakka Romanization System: ku` gin
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ku³ gin⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰu³¹ kin⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (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/

Noun

苦境

hard and difficult circumstances; dire straits

Japanese

Kanji in this term
苦	境
く Grade: 3	きょう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

苦(く)境(きょう) • (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.

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