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Meaning of 困

Pinyin kùn

Radical

囗

Strokes

Definition

a bunch / tie together, distress / sleepy / doze off, sleepy / doze off

Usage

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困 [kùn] 【Noun】 1. To be trapped in a difficult, painful, or inescapable environment. 2. Poverty; hardship. 3. To surround. 4. Exhaustion. 5. To feel sleepy; to sleep. 【Example Sentences】 1. 被困于艰难痛苦或无法摆脱的环境中: ～厄 (a difficult and dangerous situation). ～处 (to be stuck). ～居 (to be living in difficulty). ～扰 (to be troubled). ～境 (difficult circumstances). ～窘 (to be in a tight spot). ～知勉行 (to strive hard to learn). ～兽犹斗 (a beast in the trap still fights). 2. 贫困、艰难: ～苦 (to be poor). ～难 (to encounter difficulties). 3. To surround: ～守 (to besiege). 围～ (to enclose). 4. 疲乏: ～乏 (to be weary). ～倦 (to be fatigued). ～顿 (to be exhausted). 5. 想睡，睡: ～人 (to feel sleepy). ～觉 (to sleep). 【Character Origins】 - The original meaning: a dilapidated house. - The character structure combines "囗" (a wall) representing the four walls of a house, with the inner part symbolizing growing trees. 【Adjective】 1. Poor; impoverished. 2. Difficult; troubled. 3. Tired; weary. 4. Anxious to help; in danger or disaster. 【Verb】 1. To trouble; to hinder; to surround. 2. To obstruct. 3. To exhaust. 睏 [kùn] 【Verb】 1. To sleep. 2. To feel sleepy. 【Example Sentences】 1. 例如: 困头 (the moment of sleepiness); 困到头忽里 (dialect: has not yet woken from a nap); 困梦头里弗曾想着 (dialect: not even thought of). 2. 在疲倦欲睡时: "萧队长困了，只迷糊地回答这一句，又合上眼了。" (Captain Xiao was sleepy, just drowsily answered this sentence, then closed his eyes again.)

困难 kùn nan

difficult / challenging / straitened circumstances / difficult situation

贫困 pín kùn

impoverished / poverty

困惑 kùn huò

bewildered / perplexed / confused / difficult problem / perplexity

困扰 kùn rǎo

to perplex / to disturb / to cause complications

困境 kùn jìng

predicament / plight

围困 wéi kùn

to besiege

特困 tè kùn

exceptional poverty

贫困县 pín kùn xiàn

poor county / impoverished county / poverty-striken country

困苦 kùn kǔ

deprivation / distressed / miserable

穷困 qióng kùn

destitute / wretched poverty

解困 jiě kùn

overcome difficulties

贫困生 pín kùn shēng

poor student

脱困 tuō kùn

get out of the red / become profitable / get rid of poverty

贫困户 pín kùn hù

low income family / poverty-stricken household

困顿 kùn dùn

fatigued / exhausted / poverty-stricken / in straitened circumstances

困难重重 kùn nán chóng chóng

be beset with difficulties / in a fix / in deep water(s)

内外交困 nèi wài jiāo kùn

be beset with troubles internally and externally

艰难困苦 jiān nán kùn kǔ

difficulties and hardships

困厄 kùn è

in deep water / difficult situation

扶贫帮困 fú pín bāng kùn

help and support the poor

扶贫济困 fú pín jì kùn

to help the poor / almsgiving for the needy / to assist poor households or poor regions

扶危济困 fú wēi jì kùn

to help those in distress (idiom)

困倦 kùn juàn

tired / weary

穷困潦倒 qióng kùn liáo dǎo

down and out / fall on evil days / on the beach / in a state of utter poverty / live a life of poverty / in the grip of poverty / crack up under the strain of poverty / be penniless and frustrated

困兽犹斗 kùn shòu yóu dòu

a cornered beast will still fight (idiom) / to fight like an animal at bay

疲困 pí kùn

(literary) tired / fatigued / (economics) weak / sluggish

困窘 kùn jiǒng

embarrassment

窘困 jiǒng kùn

poverty / in trouble

困乏 kùn fá

weary / tired / fatigued / exhausted

人困马乏 rén kùn mǎ fá

riders tired and horses weary (idiom) / worn out / exhausted / spent / fatigued