計窮

Chinese

		to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan	exhausted; poor
trad. (計窮)		計	窮
simp. (计穷)		计	穷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìqióng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gai³ kung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìqióng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìcyóng
  - Wade–Giles: chi⁴-chʻiung²
  - Yale: jì-chyúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihchyong
  - Palladius: цзицюн (czicjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gai³ kung⁴
  - Yale: gai kùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gai³ kung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gei³ kung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐi̯³³ kʰʊŋ²¹/

Verb

計窮

to have no other solutions
- 諸葛亮已是計窮；只此一進，大事定矣！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  诸葛亮已是计穷；只此一进，大事定矣！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE
  Zhūgě Liàng yǐ shì jìqióng; zhǐ cǐ yī jìn, dàshì dìng yǐ! [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

無計可施／无计可施 (wújìkěshī)

Derived terms

力屈計窮 / 力屈计穷
計窮力屈 / 计穷力屈
計窮力極 / 计穷力极
計窮力盡 / 计穷力尽
計窮力竭 / 计穷力竭
計窮勢蹙 / 计穷势蹙
計窮慮極 / 计穷虑极
計窮智短 / 计穷智短
計窮途拙 / 计穷途拙

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (計窮):

→ Korean: 계궁(計窮) (gyegung)