艱巨

See also: 艱鉅 and 艰巨

Chinese

		difficult; hard; hardship	very large; huge; tremendous very large; huge; tremendous; gigantic
trad. (艱巨/艱鉅)		艱	巨/鉅
simp. (艰巨)		艰	巨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānjù

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄐㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaan¹ geoi⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kan-kū / kan-kǐr / kan-kī / kian-kī / kan-kù

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gang¹ ge⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānjù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄐㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jianjyù
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-chü⁴
    • Yale: jyān-jyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianjiuh
    • Palladius: цзяньцзюй (czjanʹczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaan¹ geoi⁶
    • Yale: gāan geuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaan¹ goey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gan¹ gêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːn⁵⁵ kɵy̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-kū
    • Tâi-lô: kan-kū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kanku
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² ku²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-kǐr
    • Tâi-lô: kan-kǐr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³ kɯ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-kī
    • Tâi-lô: kan-kī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kanki
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² ki²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kian-kī
    • Tâi-lô: kian-kī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kienki
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² ki²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-kù
    • Tâi-lô: kan-kù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kankux
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ ku²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ ku¹¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gang¹ ge⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kang kṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³⁻²³ kɯ³⁵/

Adjective

艱巨

1. arduous; onerous; formidable

Synonyms

• 不容易 (bùróngyì)
• 勤 (qín) (literary, or in compounds)
• 困難／困难
• 疑難／疑难 (yínán)
• 良苦 (liángkǔ) (literary)
• 艱苦／艰苦 (jiānkǔ)
• 艱難／艰难 (jiānnán)
• 苦難／苦难 (kǔnàn)
• 辛勞／辛劳 (xīnláo)
• 辛苦 (xīnkǔ)
• 難／难