時艱

Chinese

		o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period	difficult; hard; hardship
trad. (時艱)		時	艱
simp. (时艰)		时	艰

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shíjiān

(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁴ gaan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shíjiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shíhjian
  - Wade–Giles: shih²-chien¹
  - Yale: shŕ-jyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrjian
  - Palladius: шицзянь (šiczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁴ gaan¹
  - Yale: sìh gāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁴ gaan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁴ gan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²¹ kaːn⁵⁵/

Noun

時艱

difficult times at present; tough times

Synonyms

危境 (wēijìng)
厄 (literary, or in compounds)
困厄 (kùn'è) (literary)
困境 (kùnjìng)
地步 (dìbù)
畏景 (wèijǐng) (literary, figurative)
處境／处境 (chǔjìng)
逆境 (nìjìng)

Derived terms

共克時艱／共克时艰 (gòngkèshíjiān)
共濟時艱／共济时艰
共體時艱／共体时艰
蒿目時艱／蒿目时艰

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