殘局

Chinese

		destroy; spoil; ruin destroy; spoil; ruin; injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; incomplete; disabled	situation; office; (a measure word used for games) set or round office
trad. (殘局)		殘	局
simp. (残局)		残	局

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cánjú

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˊ ㄐㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caan⁴ guk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chân-kio̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cánjú
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˊ ㄐㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cánjyú
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻan²-chü²
    • Yale: tsán-jyú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarnjyu
    • Palladius: цаньцзюй (canʹczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän³⁵ t͡ɕy³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caan⁴ guk⁶
    • Yale: chàahn guhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaan⁴ guk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: can⁴ gug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːn²¹ kʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chân-kio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tsân-kio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zankiok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡san¹³⁻²² kiɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡san²⁴⁻²² kiɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡san²⁴⁻²² kiɔk̚⁴/

Noun

殘局

1. (chess or figurative) endgame
2. (figurative) situation after the failure of an undertaking or after social unrest; aftermath

Synonyms

• (endgame): 殘棋／残棋 (cánqí)