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

(Teochew, Peng'im): ngêg⁸ gêng²

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: /ɲi̯ak̚⁵ kin⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (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

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

Synonyms

危境 (wēijìng)
厄 (è) (literary, or in compounds)
困厄 (kùn'è) (literary)
困境 (kùnjìng)

地步 (dìbù)
畏景 (wèijǐng) (literary, figurative)
時艱／时艰 (shíjiān) (difficult times at present)
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)

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.

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