屯蹇

Chinese

		to store up; to station (soldiers); difficult to store up; to station (soldiers); difficult; stingy	difficulty; lame
simp. and trad. (屯蹇)		屯	蹇

Etymology

From two of the 64 hexagrams of I Ching.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhūnjiǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄣㄐㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon¹ gin²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhūnjiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄣㄐㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhunjiǎn
  - Wade–Giles: chun¹-chien³
  - Yale: jwūn-jyǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juenjean
  - Palladius: чжуньцзянь (čžunʹczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeon¹ gin²
  - Yale: jēun gín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen¹ gin²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zên¹ gin²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵn⁵⁵ kiːn³⁵/

Noun

屯蹇

(literary) difficulty; hardship
- 遂迷不復，自嬰屯蹇。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  遂迷不复，自婴屯蹇。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 《孔叢子》
  Suì mí bùfù, zì yīng túnjiǎn. [Pinyin]
  Thus I was lost and could not return, surrounding myself in hardships.