艱澀

Chinese

		difficult; hard; hardship	grating (of surfaces); tart; acerbic
trad. (艱澀)		艱	澀
simp. (艰涩)		艰	涩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄙㄜˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiansè
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-sê⁴
    • Yale: jyān-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianseh
    • Palladius: цзяньсэ (czjanʹsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ sɤ⁵¹/

Adjective

艱澀

1. (of literary writing, music, etc.) hard to understand; obscure; pedantic; inkhorn; abstruse

Synonyms

• 晦澀／晦涩 (huìsè)