侷促

Chinese

		narrow	to hurry; to rush; to hasten to hurry; to rush; to hasten; near; to promote
trad. (侷促/局促/跼促)		侷/局/跼	促
simp. (局促)		局	促

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): júcù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩˊ ㄘㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): guk⁶ cuk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kio̍k-chhiok
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸jioq-tshoq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: júcù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩˊ ㄘㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyúcù
    • Wade–Giles: chü²-tsʻu⁴
    • Yale: jyú-tsù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyutsuh
    • Palladius: цзюйцу (czjujcu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy³⁵ t͡sʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: guk⁶ cuk¹
    • Yale: guhk chūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: guk⁹ tsuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gug⁶ cug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊk̚² t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kio̍k-chhiok
    • Tâi-lô: kio̍k-tshiok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiogchiog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡sʰiɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸jioq-tshoq
    • MiniDict: jioh^入 tshoh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵jjioq-tshoq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑioʔ¹¹ t͡sʰoʔ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: gjowk tshjowk

Rime
Character	侷	促
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	燭 (8)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	渠玉切	七玉切
Baxter	gjowk	tshjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨok̚/	/t͡sʰɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiok̚/	/t͡sʰiok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiok̚/	/t͡sʰiok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guawk̚/	/t͡sʰuawk̚/
Li Rong	/ɡiok̚/	/t͡sʰiok̚/
Wang Li	/ɡĭwok̚/	/t͡sʰĭwok̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯wok̚/	/t͡sʰi̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jú	cu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	guk6	cuk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡoɡ  sʰoɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	侷	促
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	7030	17927
Phonetic component	局	足
Rime group	屋	屋
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	局	促
Old Chinese	/*ɡoɡ/	/*sʰoɡ/
Notes	局分化字

Adjective

侷促

1. narrow; cramped; poky
2. ill at ease; constrained
3. (dialect) short of time

Synonyms

• (narrow):

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• 促狹 / 促狭 (cùxiá) (literary)
• 局 (kio̍k) (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 狹奪 / 狭夺 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 狹奪奪 / 狭夺夺 (Hokkien)
• 狹小 / 狭小 (xiáxiǎo)
• 狹櫼櫼 / 狭櫼櫼 (Hokkien)
• 狹𤲍楔 / 狭𤲍楔 (Hokkien)
• 狹𤲍𤲍 / 狭𤲍𤲍 (Hokkien)
• 狹突突 / 狭突突 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 狹窄 / 狭窄 (xiázhǎi)
• 狹細 / 狭细 (Hokkien)
• 狹閉不 / 狭闭不 (Hokkien)
• 狹隘 / 狭隘 (xiá'ài)
• 窄
• 窄小 (zhǎixiǎo)
• 褊狹 / 褊狭 (biǎnxiá) (literary)
• 逼仄 (bīzè) (literary)

• (ill at ease):

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• 拘束 (jūshù)
• 拘謹 / 拘谨 (jūjǐn)
• 矜持 (jīnchí)

• (short of time):

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• 促忙 (cùmáng) (literary)
• 倉促 / 仓促 (cāngcù)
• 倉卒 / 仓卒 (cāngcù)
• 倉忙 / 仓忙 (cāngmáng) (literary)
• 倉皇 / 仓皇 (cānghuáng)
• 匆促 (cōngcù)
• 匆匆 (cōngcōng)
• 匆忙 (cōngmáng)
• 匆猝 (cōngcù) (literary)
• 急且 (jíqiě) (literary)
• 急促 (jícù)
• 急切 (jíqiè)
• 急匆匆 (jícōngcōng)
• 急急 (jíjí) (literary)
• 急迫 (jípò)
• 慌促 (huāngcù)
• 慌忙 (huāngmáng)
• 緊狂 / 紧狂 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “ill at ease”):

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• 瀟灑 / 潇洒 (xiāosǎ)
• 灑脫 / 洒脱 (sǎtuō)
• 自在
• 超逸 (chāoyì)

Derived terms

• 侷促一隅
• 侷促不安

Verb

侷促

1. to feel or show constraint