計窮

Chinese

		to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan	exhausted; poor
trad. (計窮)		計	窮
simp. (计穷)		计	穷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìqióng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄑㄩㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gai³ kung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìqióng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìcyóng
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-chʻiung²
    • Yale: jì-chyúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihchyong
    • Palladius: цзицюн (czicjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gai³ kung⁴
    • Yale: gai kùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gai³ kung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gei³ kung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯³³ kʰʊŋ²¹/

Verb

計窮

1. to have no other solutions

   • 諸葛亮已是計窮；只此一進，大事定矣！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     诸葛亮已是计穷；只此一进，大事定矣！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE

     Zhūgě Liàng yǐ shì jìqióng; zhǐ cǐ yī jìn, dàshì dìng yǐ! [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 無計可施／无计可施 (wújìkěshī)

Derived terms

• 力屈計窮／力屈计穷
• 計窮力屈／计穷力屈
• 計窮力極／计穷力极
• 計窮力盡／计穷力尽
• 計窮力竭／计穷力竭
• 計窮勢蹙／计穷势蹙
• 計窮慮極／计穷虑极
• 計窮智短／计穷智短
• 計窮途拙／计穷途拙

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (計窮):

• → Korean: 계궁(計窮) (gyegung)