癥結

See also: 症结

Chinese

		obstruction of bowels	knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit) knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit); bond; to tie; to bind
trad. (癥結)		癥	結
simp. (症结)		症	结

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēngjié

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ git³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-kiat / teng-kat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngjié
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhengjié
  - Wade–Giles: chêng¹-chieh²
  - Yale: jēng-jyé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengjye
  - Palladius: чжэнцзе (čžɛncze)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zing¹ git³
  - Yale: jīng git
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ git⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ gid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ kiːt̚³/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    癥結 / 症结
    貞潔 / 贞洁
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-kiat
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-kiat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengkiad
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛt̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ kiɛt̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng-kat
  - Tâi-lô: ting-kat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dengkad
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kat̚³²/

Noun

癥結

(traditional Chinese medicine) hard lump in the abdomen
(figurative) crux (of the issue); main point (in an argument); deadlock (in negotiations)

Synonyms

(crux):

支點 / 支点 (zhīdiǎn) (figurative)
牛鼻子 (niúbízi) (figurative)
筋節 / 筋节 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien)
肯綮 (figurative)
要害 (yàohài)
關鍵 / 关键 (guānjiàn)
關鍵之處 / 关键之处 (guānjiàn zhī chù)

Derived terms

洞見癥結 / 洞见症结