境遇

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Chinese

		border; place; condition border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory	meet with
trad. (境遇)		境	遇
simp. ^#(境遇)		境	遇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìngyù

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ging² jyu⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kéng-gū / kéng-gī

(Teochew, Peng'im): gêng² ngo⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìngyù
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìngyù
  - Wade–Giles: ching⁴-yü⁴
  - Yale: jìng-yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinqyuh
  - Palladius: цзинъюй (czinʺjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    境域
    境遇
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ging² jyu⁶
  - Yale: gíng yuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ging² jy⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ging² yu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵ jyː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-gū
  - Tâi-lô: kíng-gū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kefnggu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡu³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡu³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡu²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-gī
  - Tâi-lô: kíng-gī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kefnggi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡi²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gêng² ngo⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kéng ngŏ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /keŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ ŋo³⁵/

Noun

境遇

(usually negative) circumstances; situation; condition

Synonyms

事態／事态 (shìtài) (especially negative)
光景 (guāngjǐng)
光陰／光阴 (guāngyīn) (Classical)
勢面／势面 (Hokkien)
境地 (jìngdì) (chiefly undesirable)
境況／境况 (jìngkuàng) (usually economic)
局勢／局势 (júshì)
局面 (júmiàn)
形勢／形势 (xíngshì)
情勢／情势 (qíngshì)
情境 (qíngjìng)
情態／情态 (qíngtài)
情況／情况 (qíngkuàng)
情狀／情状 (qíngzhuàng) (literary)
情節／情节 (qíngjié) (of a crime or mistake)
景況／景况 (jǐngkuàng) (chiefly of an economy or individual)
景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)
板面 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
樣子／样子 (yàngzi)
模樣／模样
狀況／状况 (zhuàngkuàng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
境	遇
きょう Grade: 5	ぐう Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きょーぐう (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

境(きょう)遇(ぐう) • (kyōgū) ^{←きやうぐう (kyauguu)^?}

situation; circumstances

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
境	遇

Noun

境遇 • (gyeong'u) (hangeul 경우)

hanja form^? of 경우 (“conditions, circumstances; case, event”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
境	遇

Noun

境遇

chữ Hán form of cảnh ngộ (“predicament; plight”).

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