艱危

Chinese

		difficult; hard; hardship	danger; to endanger
trad. (艱危)		艱	危
simp. (艰危)		艰	危

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānwēi, jiānwéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄨㄟ, ㄐㄧㄢ ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan¹ ngai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānwēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jianwei
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-wei¹
    • Yale: jyān-wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianuei
    • Palladius: цзяньвэй (czjanʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānwéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jianwéi
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-wei²
    • Yale: jyān-wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianwei
    • Palladius: цзяньвэй (czjanʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaan¹ ngai⁴
    • Yale: gāan ngàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaan¹ ngai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gan¹ ngei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːn⁵⁵ ŋɐi̯²¹/

Adjective

艱危

1. in difficulty and danger

Related terms

• 艱難／艰难 (jiānnán)
• 危急 (wēijí)