癥結

See also: 症结

Chinese

		obstruction of bowels	knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit) knot; sturdy; to bear (fruit); bond; to tie; to bind
trad. (癥結)		癥	結
simp. (症结)		症	结

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēngjié

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ git³
Min Nan (POJ): cheng-kiat / teng-kat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhēngjié
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengjye
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: zing¹ git³
  - Yale: jīng git
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ git⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ gid³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ kiːt̚³/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    癥結／症结
    貞潔／贞洁
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-kiat
  - Tâi-lô: tsing-kiat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengkiad
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³ kiɛt̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɛt̚³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: teng-kat
  - Tâi-lô: ting-kat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dengkad
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kat̚³²/

Noun

癥結

(traditional Chinese medicine) hard lump in the abdomen
(figuratively) crux (of the issue); main point (in an argument); deadlock (in negotiations)

Synonyms

(crux): 關鍵／关键 (guānjiàn), 要害 (yàohài)

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