屯蹇

Chinese

		to store up; to station (soldiers); difficult to store up; to station (soldiers); difficult; stingy	difficulty; lame
simp. and trad. (屯蹇)		屯	蹇

Etymology

From two of the 64 hexagrams of I Ching.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhūnjiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon¹ gin²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhūnjiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhunjiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chun¹-chien³
    • Yale: jwūn-jyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juenjean
    • Palladius: чжуньцзянь (čžunʹczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeon¹ gin²
    • Yale: jēun gín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen¹ gin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zên¹ gin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn⁵⁵ kiːn³⁵/

Noun

屯蹇

1. (literary) difficulty; hardship

   • 遂迷不復，自嬰屯蹇。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     遂迷不复，自婴屯蹇。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《孔叢子》

     Suì mí bùfù, zì yīng túnjiǎn. [Pinyin]

     Thus I was lost and could not return, surrounding myself in hardships.