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境遇

境遇

Chinese

		border; place; condition border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory	meet with
simp. and trad. (境遇)		境	遇

Noun

境遇

(usually negative) circumstances; situation; condition

Japanese

Kanji in this term
境	遇
きょう Grade: 5	ぐう Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

境遇 ‎(hiragana きょうぐう, romaji kyōgū)

situation, circumstances

Korean

Hanja in this term
境	遇

Noun

境遇 • ‎(gyeong-u) ‎(hangeul 경우)

Hanja form^? of 경우, “conditions, circumstances; case, event”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jìngyù

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ging² jyu⁶
Min Nan (POJ): kéng-gū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jìngyù
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄩˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinqyiw
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ging² jyu⁶
  - Yale: gíng yuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ging² jy⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵ jyː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-gū
  - Tâi-lô: kíng-gū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kefnggu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ gu²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ gu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ gu²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ gu³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ gu³³/