破局

Chinese

		to break; to split; broken to break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out	situation; office; (a measure word used for games) set or round office
simp. and trad. (破局)		破	局

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pòjú

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄐㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): po³ guk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pòjú
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄐㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pòjyú
  - Wade–Giles: pʻo⁴-chü²
  - Yale: pwò-jyú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohjyu
  - Palladius: поцзюй (poczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕy³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: po³ guk⁶
  - Yale: po guhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: po³ guk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: po³ gug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔː³³ kʊk̚²/

Verb

破局

to break a deadlock

Noun

破局

lost game; losing battle; bad situation

Synonyms

敗局／败局 (bàijú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
破	局
は Grade: 5	きょく Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はきょく [hàkyókú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠kʲo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

破(は)局(きょく) • (hakyoku)

catastrophe, collapse, breakup
ついに破局(はきょく)を迎(むか)えた。
Tsui ni hakyoku o mukaeta.
It ended in disaster.

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN