窘 [－]

Jyutping kwan3
Pinyin jǔn

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    embarrassed
  2. character
    hard-pressed

窘 [－]

Jyutping kwan3
Pinyin jiǒng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. distressed
  2. embarrassed
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. distressed/embarrassed/hard-pressed/improverished/poverty-stricken/to be in difficulty/to be afflicted/awkward/embarrassed
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語素
    見​窘迫
    See 窘迫kwan3 bik1
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    hard-pressed
  2. character
    embarrassed
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. embarrassed
  2. hard-pressed
  3. Cangjie Input
    JCSKR
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级汉字表 #428
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我窘得想找个洞钻进去。
    我窘得想找個洞鑽進去。
    wǒ jiǒng dé xiǎng zhǎo gè dòng zuān jìn qù 。
    • I'm so embarrassed I could dig a hole and crawl into it.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    何桀纣之猖披兮，夫唯捷径以窘步。惟夫党人之偷乐兮，路幽昧以险隘。 [MSC, simp.]Hé Jié Zhòu zhī chāngpī xī, fú wéi jiéjìng yǐ jiǒngbù. Wéi fú dǎngrén zhī tōulè xī, lù yōumèi yǐ xiǎn'ài. [Pinyin]
    何桀纣之猖披兮，夫唯捷径以窘步。惟夫党人之偷乐兮，路幽昧以险隘。 [MSC, simp.]Hé Jié Zhòu zhī chāngpī xī, fú wéi jiéjìng yǐ jiǒngbù. Wéi fú dǎngrén zhī tōulè xī, lù yōumèi yǐ xiǎn'ài. [Pinyin]
    Ｗｈａｔ ｌｏｏｓｅ － ｂｅｌｔｅｄ ｄｒｉｆｔｉｎｇ ｏｆ jie ａｎｄ zhou ！
    • It was precisely the shortcuts that led them to impasse.
      Consider the fleeting joys of those in the cabal,
      Their road dark and dangerously narrow.
  2. Mandarin
    英国《金融时报》认为，梅克尔的组阁失败，反让意在在野的社民党陷入父子骑驴的窘境。
    英國《金融時報》認為，梅克爾的組閣失敗，反讓意在在野的社民黨陷入父子騎驢的窘境。
    yīng guó “ jīn róng shí bào ” rèn wèi ， méi kè ěr de zǔ gé shī bài ， fǎn ràng yì zài zài yě de shè mín dǎng xiàn rù fù zǐ qí lǘ de jiǒng jìng ．
    • The Financial Times believes that the failure of forming a cabinet by Merkel makes the SPD, which wants to be in opposition, trapped in a dilemma instead.