詞窮

Chinese

		word; phrase; classical Chinese poem	exhausted; poor
trad. (詞窮)		詞	窮
simp. (词穷)		词	穷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cíqióng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ kung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cíqióng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíhcyóng
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ²-chʻiung²
    • Yale: tsź-chyúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyrchyong
    • Palladius: цыцюн (cycjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁴ kung⁴
    • Yale: chìh kùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ kung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ kung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹/

Verb

詞窮

1. to be unable to give a response as one is in the wrong or has given flawed arguments