"坎坷" meaning in Chinese

See 坎坷 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kʰän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hɐm³⁵ hɔː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hɐm⁵⁵ hɔː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰam⁵⁵ kʰi̯et̚²/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /kʰam⁵⁵ kʰi̯at̚²/ [Hakka, Meinong, Sinological-IPA, Sixian, Southern], /kʰam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰo⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /kʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰɤ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /kʰam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiɛt̚²⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /kʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei, Xiamen], /kʰam⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɛt̚¹²¹/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /kʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiɛt̚⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Taipei], /kʰam⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɛt̚⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚³²/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /kʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚³²/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /kʰän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /hɐm³⁵ hɔː³⁵/, /hɐm⁵⁵ hɔː⁵⁵/, /kʰam⁵⁵ kʰi̯et̚²/, /kʰam⁵⁵ kʰi̯at̚²/, /kʰam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰo⁵⁵⁴/, /kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo⁵³/, /kʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰɤ⁴⁴/, /kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo⁴⁴/, /kʰam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiɛt̚²⁴/, /kʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚⁴/, /kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚⁴/, /kʰam⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɛt̚¹²¹/, /kʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiɛt̚⁴/, /kʰam⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɛt̚⁴/, /kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚³²/, /kʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚³²/ Chinese transliterations: kǎnkě [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄎㄢˇ ㄎㄜˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ham² ho² [Cantonese, Jyutping], ham¹ ho¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], kham-khiet [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], kham-khiat [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], khám-khó, khám-kho, khám-khia̍t, kham-khia̍t, khám-khiat, kǎnkě [Phonetic:kánkě] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], kǎnkě [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], kʻan³-kʻo³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], kǎn-kě [Mandarin, Yale], kaankee [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], канькэ [Mandarin, Palladius], kanʹkɛ [Mandarin, Palladius], hám hó [Cantonese, Yale], hām hō [Cantonese, Yale], ham² ho² [Cantonese, Pinyin], ham¹ ho¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], hem² ho² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], hem¹ ho¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], kham-khiet [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], kam^ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], kiedˋ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], kam⁴ kiad⁵ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], kham-khiat [Hakka, Meinong, Phak-fa-su, Sixian, Southern], kam^ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], kiadˋ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], kam⁴ kiad⁵ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Sixian, Southern], khám-khó [Hokkien, POJ], khám-khó [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qafmqoir [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khám-kho [Hokkien, POJ], khám-kho [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qafmqoy [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khám-khia̍t [Hokkien, POJ], khám-khia̍t [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qafmqiat [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], kham-khia̍t [Hokkien, POJ], kham-khia̍t [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qamqiat [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khám-khiat [Hokkien, POJ], khám-khiat [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qafmqiad [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khomX khaX|khaH [Middle-Chinese], /*kʰoːmʔ kʰaːlʔ|kʰaːls/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms: 坎軻, 埳坷, 埳軻, 轗軻, 堿坷, 㙳坷, 輡軻, 坎碣, 嵁硈
Etymology: Coined by Han dynasty's scholar Yang Xiong in his 《河東賦》 "Hedong Rhapsody", included in Book of Han Etymology templates: {{och-l|坎|id=1}} 坎 (OC *kʰoːmʔ) Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 坎坷
  1. (of a road) bumpy
    Sense id: en-坎坷-zh-adj-OQnCijOH Categories (other): Chinese links with redundant alt parameters, Chinese links with redundant wikilinks
  2. (figurative, of life) hard; rough; ill-fated; unfortunate; unfavoured Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-坎坷-zh-adj-mbejVKAP Categories (other): Chinese disyllabic morphemes, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese disyllabic morphemes: 32 68 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 不平 (bùpíng), 乖舛 (guāichuǎn) [hard, literary] Derived forms: 命途坎坷, 坎坷不平

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "命途坎坷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "坎坷不平"
    }
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  "etymology_examples": [
    {
      "english": "Filthy are Nanchao's roughs; lively are Bin's and Qi's flats.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Literary Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " The Book of Han, circa 1ˢᵗ century CE",
      "roman": "Huì Náncháo zhī kǎnkě xī, yì Bīn Qí zhī yípíng.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "濊南巢之坎坷兮,易豳岐之夷平。",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "english": "Filthy are Nanchao's roughs; lively are Bin's and Qi's flats.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Literary Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " The Book of Han, circa 1ˢᵗ century CE",
      "roman": "Huì Náncháo zhī kǎnkě xī, yì Bīn Qí zhī yípíng.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "𰛦南巢之坎坷兮,易豳岐之夷平。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "坎",
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      },
      "expansion": "坎 (OC *kʰoːmʔ)",
      "name": "och-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Coined by Han dynasty's scholar Yang Xiong in his 《河東賦》 \"Hedong Rhapsody\", included in Book of Han",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "坎軻"
    },
    {
      "form": "埳坷"
    },
    {
      "form": "埳軻"
    },
    {
      "form": "轗軻"
    },
    {
      "form": "堿坷"
    },
    {
      "form": "㙳坷"
    },
    {
      "form": "輡軻"
    },
    {
      "form": "坎碣",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Min Nan:",
        "khia̍t/khiat"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "嵁硈",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Min Nan:",
        "khia̍t/khiat"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "head"
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Trampling the roughs flat, into the great road; fighting and overcoming hardships and dangers, then starting again. Starting again.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 1986, 閻肅 Yan Su (lyricist) & 許鏡清 Xu Jingqing (composer),《敢問路在何方》 \"Dare I ask where the road is?\"",
          "roman": "Tà píng kǎnkě, chéng dàdào; dòubà jiānxiǎn, yòu chūfā, yòu chūfā.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "踏平坎坷,成大道;鬥罷艱險,又出發,又出發。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Trampling the roughs flat, into the great road; fighting and overcoming hardships and dangers, then starting again. Starting again.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 1986, 閻肅 Yan Su (lyricist) & 許鏡清 Xu Jingqing (composer),《敢問路在何方》 \"Dare I ask where the road is?\"",
          "roman": "Tà píng kǎnkě, chéng dàdào; dòubà jiānxiǎn, yòu chūfā, yòu chūfā.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "踏平坎坷,成大道;斗罢艰险,又出发,又出发。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bumpy"
      ],
      "id": "en-坎坷-zh-adj-OQnCijOH",
      "links": [
        [
          "road",
          "road"
        ],
        [
          "bumpy",
          "bumpy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a road) bumpy"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a road"
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "44 56",
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      ],
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        "hard; rough; ill-fated; unfortunate; unfavoured"
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          "life"
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          "hard",
          "hard"
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          "rough",
          "rough"
        ],
        [
          "ill-fated",
          "ill-fated"
        ],
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          "unfortunate",
          "unfortunate"
        ],
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          "unfavoured",
          "unfavoured"
        ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǎnkě"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄢˇ ㄎㄜˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham² ho²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham¹ ho¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kham-khiet"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kham-khiat"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khám-khó"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khám-kho"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khám-khia̍t"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kham-khia̍t"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khám-khiat"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǎnkě [Phonetic:kánkě]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǎnkě"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻan³-kʻo³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǎn-kě"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kaankee"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "канькэ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kanʹkɛ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hám hó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hām hō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham² ho²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham¹ ho¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hem² ho²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hem¹ ho¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐm³⁵ hɔː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐm⁵⁵ hɔː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kham-khiet"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam^"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiedˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam⁴ kiad⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵⁵ kʰi̯et̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kham-khiat"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam^"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiadˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam⁴ kiad⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵⁵ kʰi̯at̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám-khó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám-khó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qafmqoir"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰo⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám-kho"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám-kho"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qafmqoy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰɤ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám-khia̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám-khia̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qafmqiat"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiɛt̚²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kham-khia̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kham-khia̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qamqiat"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɛt̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiɛt̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɛt̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám-khiat"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám-khiat"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qafmqiad"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khomX khaX|khaH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʰoːmʔ kʰaːlʔ|kʰaːls/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ khám-kho /"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ kham-khia̍t /"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: kánkě]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐm³⁵ hɔː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐm⁵⁵ hɔː⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵⁵ kʰi̯et̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵⁵ kʰi̯at̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰo⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰɤ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiɛt̚²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɛt̚¹²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiɛt̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɛt̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kʰoːmʔ kʰaːlʔ|kʰaːls/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bùpíng",
      "word": "不平"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "guāichuǎn",
      "tags": [
        "hard",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "乖舛"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Book of Han",
    "Han dynasty",
    "Hedong Commandery",
    "Yang Xiong"
  ],
  "word": "坎坷"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese disyllabic morphemes",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 坎",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 坷",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
    "Middle Chinese adjectives",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese adjectives",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "命途坎坷"
    },
    {
      "word": "坎坷不平"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_examples": [
    {
      "english": "Filthy are Nanchao's roughs; lively are Bin's and Qi's flats.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Literary Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " The Book of Han, circa 1ˢᵗ century CE",
      "roman": "Huì Náncháo zhī kǎnkě xī, yì Bīn Qí zhī yípíng.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "濊南巢之坎坷兮,易豳岐之夷平。",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "english": "Filthy are Nanchao's roughs; lively are Bin's and Qi's flats.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Literary Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " The Book of Han, circa 1ˢᵗ century CE",
      "roman": "Huì Náncháo zhī kǎnkě xī, yì Bīn Qí zhī yípíng.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "𰛦南巢之坎坷兮,易豳岐之夷平。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "坎",
        "id": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "坎 (OC *kʰoːmʔ)",
      "name": "och-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Coined by Han dynasty's scholar Yang Xiong in his 《河東賦》 \"Hedong Rhapsody\", included in Book of Han",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "坎軻"
    },
    {
      "form": "埳坷"
    },
    {
      "form": "埳軻"
    },
    {
      "form": "轗軻"
    },
    {
      "form": "堿坷"
    },
    {
      "form": "㙳坷"
    },
    {
      "form": "輡軻"
    },
    {
      "form": "坎碣",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Min Nan:",
        "khia̍t/khiat"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "嵁硈",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Min Nan:",
        "khia̍t/khiat"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "坎坷",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Mandarin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Trampling the roughs flat, into the great road; fighting and overcoming hardships and dangers, then starting again. Starting again.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 1986, 閻肅 Yan Su (lyricist) & 許鏡清 Xu Jingqing (composer),《敢問路在何方》 \"Dare I ask where the road is?\"",
          "roman": "Tà píng kǎnkě, chéng dàdào; dòubà jiānxiǎn, yòu chūfā, yòu chūfā.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "踏平坎坷,成大道;鬥罷艱險,又出發,又出發。",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Trampling the roughs flat, into the great road; fighting and overcoming hardships and dangers, then starting again. Starting again.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 1986, 閻肅 Yan Su (lyricist) & 許鏡清 Xu Jingqing (composer),《敢問路在何方》 \"Dare I ask where the road is?\"",
          "roman": "Tà píng kǎnkě, chéng dàdào; dòubà jiānxiǎn, yòu chūfā, yòu chūfā.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "踏平坎坷,成大道;斗罢艰险,又出发,又出发。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bumpy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "road",
          "road"
        ],
        [
          "bumpy",
          "bumpy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a road) bumpy"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a road"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hard; rough; ill-fated; unfortunate; unfavoured"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ],
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ],
        [
          "rough",
          "rough"
        ],
        [
          "ill-fated",
          "ill-fated"
        ],
        [
          "unfortunate",
          "unfortunate"
        ],
        [
          "unfavoured",
          "unfavoured"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, of life) hard; rough; ill-fated; unfortunate; unfavoured"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of life"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǎnkě"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄢˇ ㄎㄜˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham² ho²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham¹ ho¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kham-khiet"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kham-khiat"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khám-khó"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khám-kho"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khám-khia̍t"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kham-khia̍t"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "khám-khiat"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǎnkě [Phonetic:kánkě]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǎnkě"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻan³-kʻo³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kǎn-kě"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kaankee"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "канькэ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kanʹkɛ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hám hó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hām hō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham² ho²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ham¹ ho¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hem² ho²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hem¹ ho¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐm³⁵ hɔː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐm⁵⁵ hɔː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kham-khiet"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam^"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiedˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam⁴ kiad⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵⁵ kʰi̯et̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kham-khiat"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam^"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kiadˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kam⁴ kiad⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵⁵ kʰi̯at̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám-khó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám-khó"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qafmqoir"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰo⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám-kho"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám-kho"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qafmqoy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰɤ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám-khia̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám-khia̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qafmqiat"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiɛt̚²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kham-khia̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kham-khia̍t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qamqiat"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɛt̚¹²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiɛt̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɛt̚⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám-khiat"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khám-khiat"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qafmqiad"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khomX khaX|khaH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*kʰoːmʔ kʰaːlʔ|kʰaːls/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ khám-kho /"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ kham-khia̍t /"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: kánkě]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐm³⁵ hɔː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐm⁵⁵ hɔː⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵⁵ kʰi̯et̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵⁵ kʰi̯at̚²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰo⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰɤ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰo⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiɛt̚²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɛt̚¹²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiɛt̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiɛt̚⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛt̚³²/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*kʰoːmʔ kʰaːlʔ|kʰaːls/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "bùpíng",
      "word": "不平"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guāichuǎn",
      "tags": [
        "hard",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "乖舛"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Book of Han",
    "Han dynasty",
    "Hedong Commandery",
    "Yang Xiong"
  ],
  "word": "坎坷"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 坎坷 meaning in Chinese (9.3kB)

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