癥結 [症结]

Jyutping zing1 git3
Pinyin zhēng jié

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine)
  2. crux of an issue
  3. main point in an argument
  4. sticking point
  5. deadlock in negotiations
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    問題​最​核心​嘅​原因​（​量​詞​：​個​）
    crucial reason; crux
    • 外債喺呢個國家經濟問題嘅癥結。
      外债喺呢个国家经济问题嘅症结。
      ngoi6 zaai3 hai6 ni1 go3 gwok3 gaa1 ging1 zai3 man6 tai4 ge3 zing1 git3.
      The crux of the country's economic problems is its foreign debt.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, figuratively
    crux (of the issue); main point (in an argument); deadlock (in negotiations)
  2. noun, Chinese, traditional
    hard lump in the abdomen
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #5325
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    症结
    癥結
    zing1 git3
    • the crux
  2. Cantonese
    佢太多盲点喇，一时三刻好能令佢明白个问题症结。
    佢太多盲點喇，一時三刻好能令佢明白個問題癥結。
    keoi5 taai3 do1 maang4 dim2 laa3, jat1 si4 saam1 haak1 hou2 naan4 ling6 keoi5 ming4 baak6 go3 man6 tai4 zing1 git3.
    • Her blind spots make her hard to understand what the problem is.
  3. Cantonese
    外债喺呢个国家经济问题嘅症结。
    外債喺呢個國家經濟問題嘅癥結。
    ngoi6 zaai3 hai6 ni1 go3 gwok3 gaa1 ging1 zai3 man6 tai4 ge3 zing1 git3.
    • The crux of the country's economic problems is its foreign debt.