境遇

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìngyù

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ging² jyu⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kéng-gū / kéng-gī

(Teochew, Peng'im): gêng² ngo⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìngyù
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìngyù
  - Wade–Giles: ching⁴-yü⁴
  - Yale: jìng-yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinqyuh
  - Palladius: цзинъюй (czinʺjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ y⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    境域
    境遇
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ging² jyu⁶
  - Yale: gíng yuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ging² jy⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ging² yu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵ jyː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-gū
  - Tâi-lô: kíng-gū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kefnggu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡu³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡu³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡu²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-gī
  - Tâi-lô: kíng-gī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kefnggi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡi²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gêng² ngo⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kéng ngŏ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /keŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ ŋo³⁵/

Noun

境遇

(usually negative) circumstances; situation; condition

Synonyms

事態 / 事态 (shìtài) (especially negative)
光景 (guāngjǐng)
光陰 / 光阴 (guāngyīn) (Classical)
勢面 / 势面 (Hokkien)
境地 (jìngdì) (chiefly undesirable)
境況 / 境况 (jìngkuàng) (usually economic)
局勢 / 局势 (júshì)
局面 (júmiàn)
形勢 / 形势 (xíngshì)
情勢 / 情势 (qíngshì)
情境 (qíngjìng)
情態 / 情态 (qíngtài)
情況 / 情况 (qíngkuàng)
情狀 / 情状 (qíngzhuàng) (literary)
情節 / 情节 (qíngjié) (of a crime or mistake)
景況 / 景况 (jǐngkuàng) (chiefly of an economy or individual)
景象 (jǐngxiàng) (literary)
板面 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
樣子 / 样子 (yàngzi)
模樣 / 模样
狀況 / 状况 (zhuàngkuàng)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きょーぐう [kyòógúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ːɡɯ̟ː]

Noun

境(きょう)遇(ぐう) • (kyōgū) ^{←きやうぐう (kyauguu)^?}

situation; circumstances

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
境	遇

Noun

境遇 • (gyeong'u) (hangeul 경우)

hanja form^? of 경우 (“conditions, circumstances; case, event”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
境	遇

Noun

境遇

chữ Hán form of cảnh ngộ (“predicament; plight”)