受困

Chinese

		to bear; to stand; to endure to bear; to stand; to endure; (passive marker); to receive	distress; sleepy; doze off
simp. and trad. (受困)		受	困

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shòukùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ ㄎㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau⁶ kwan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shòukùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ ㄎㄨㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shòukùn
    • Wade–Giles: shou⁴-kʻun⁴
    • Yale: shòu-kwùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: showkuenn
    • Palladius: шоукунь (šoukunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau⁶ kwan³
    • Yale: sauh kwan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau⁶ kwan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo⁶ kuen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯²² kʷʰɐn³³/

Verb

受困

1. to suffer from hardship
2. to be surrounded; to be besieged