逆境

Chinese

		contrary; opposite; backwards contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel	border; place; condition border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory
trad. (逆境)		逆	境
simp. #(逆境)		逆	境

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nìjìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jik⁶ ging²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngia̍k-kin
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ge̍k-kéng / gia̍k-kéng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngêg⁸ gêng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nìjìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nìjìng
    • Wade–Giles: ni⁴-ching⁴
    • Yale: nì-jìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nihjinq
    • Palladius: ницзин (niczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jik⁶ ging²
    • Yale: yihk gíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹ ging²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig⁶ ging²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚² kɪŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngia̍k-kin
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiag gin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiag⁶ gin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯ak̚⁵ kin⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ge̍k-kéng
    • Tâi-lô: gi̍k-kíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gegkeang
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɡiɪk̚⁴⁻³² kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kiɪŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɪk̚⁴⁻³² kiɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gia̍k-kéng
    • Tâi-lô: gia̍k-kíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giagkeang
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiak̚²⁴⁻² kiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngêg⁸ gêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nge̍k kéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋek̚⁴⁻² keŋ⁵²/

Noun

逆境

1. predicament; straits; difficult situation; desperate circumstances; adversity; plight

Synonyms

• 危境 (wēijìng)
• 厄 (literary, or in compounds)
• 困厄 (kùn'è) (literary)
• 困境 (kùnjìng)
• 地步 (dìbù)
• 時艱／时艰 (shíjiān) (difficult times at present)
• 畏景 (wèijǐng) (literary, figurative)
• 處境／处境 (chǔjìng)

 

Antonyms

• 順境／顺境 (shùnjìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
逆	境
ぎゃく > ぎゃっ Grade: 5	きょう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

逆(ぎゃっ)境(きょう) • (gyakkyō) 

1. adverse circumstances, adversity

   逆境(ぎゃっきょう)にあってよく耐(た)えた。

   Gyakkyō ni atte yoku taeta.

   Their endurance in such adverse circumstances is quite remarkable.