交困

Chinese

		to deliver; to turn over; to make friends to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)	distress; sleepy; doze off
simp. and trad. (交困)		交	困

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāokùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠ ㄎㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau¹ kwan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāokùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠ ㄎㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiaokùn
    • Wade–Giles: chiao¹-kʻun⁴
    • Yale: jyāu-kwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaukuenn
    • Palladius: цзяокунь (czjaokunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau¹ kwan³
    • Yale: gāau kwan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau¹ kwan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao¹ kuen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯⁵⁵ kʷʰɐn³³/

Verb

交困

1. to end up in dire straits together
2. to have all sorts of hardships appear at once

Derived terms

• 上下交困
• 內外交困／内外交困 (nèiwàijiāokùn)