艱巨

See also: 艱鉅 and 艰巨

Chinese

		difficult; hard; hardship	very large; huge; tremendous very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic
trad. (艱巨/艱鉅)		艱	巨/鉅
simp. (艰巨)		艰	巨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiānjù

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢㄐㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan¹ geoi⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kan-kū / kan-kǐr / kan-kī / kian-kī / kan-kù

(Teochew, Peng'im): gang¹ ge⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiānjù
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢㄐㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jianjyù
  - Wade–Giles: chien¹-chü⁴
  - Yale: jyān-jyù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianjiuh
  - Palladius: цзяньцзюй (czjanʹczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    艱巨／艰巨
    間距／间距
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaan¹ geoi⁶
  - Yale: gāan geuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaan¹ goey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gan¹ gêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːn⁵⁵ kɵy̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-kū
  - Tâi-lô: kan-kū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kanku
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² ku²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-kǐr
  - Tâi-lô: kan-kǐr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³ kɯ²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-kī
  - Tâi-lô: kan-kī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kanki
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² ki²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kian-kī
  - Tâi-lô: kian-kī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kienki
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ki²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-kù
  - Tâi-lô: kan-kù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kankux
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ ku²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ ku¹¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gang¹ ge⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kang kṳ̆
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³⁻²³ kɯ³⁵/

Adjective

艱巨

arduous; onerous; formidable

Synonyms

不容易 (bùróngyì)
勤 (qín) (literary, or in compounds)
困難／困难
疑難／疑难 (yínán)
良苦 (liángkǔ) (literary)
艱苦／艰苦 (jiānkǔ)
艱難／艰难 (jiānnán)
苦難／苦难 (kǔnàn)
辛勞／辛劳 (xīnláo)
辛苦 (xīnkǔ)
難／难