癥結

See also: 症结

Chinese

		obstruction of bowels	knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit) knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit); bond; to tie; to bind
trad. (癥結)		癥	結
simp. (症结)		症	结

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēngjié

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ git³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-kiat / teng-kat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngjié
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhengjié
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹-chieh²
    • Yale: jēng-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengjye
    • Palladius: чжэнцзе (čžɛncze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zing¹ git³
    • Yale: jīng git
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ git⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ gid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ kiːt̚³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 癥結／症结 貞潔／贞洁

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-kiat
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-kiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengkiad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ kiɛt̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng-kat
    • Tâi-lô: ting-kat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dengkad
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kat̚³²/

Noun

癥結

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) hard lump in the abdomen
2. (figurative) crux (of the issue); main point (in an argument); deadlock (in negotiations)

Synonyms

• (crux):

• 牛鼻子 (niúbízi) (figurative)
• 肯綮 (figurative)
• 要害 (yàohài)
• 關鍵／关键 (guānjiàn)
• 關鍵之處／关键之处 (guānjiàn zhī chù)

 

Derived terms

• 洞見癥結／洞见症结