艱澀

Chinese

		difficult; hard; hardship	grating (of surfaces); tart; acerbic
trad. (艱澀)		艱	澀
simp. (艰涩)		艰	涩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiānsè

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢㄙㄜˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiānsè
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢㄙㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiansè
  - Wade–Giles: chien¹-sê⁴
  - Yale: jyān-sè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianseh
  - Palladius: цзяньсэ (czjanʹsɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ sɤ⁵¹/

Adjective

艱澀

(of literary writing, music, etc.) hard to understand; obscure; pedantic; inkhorn; abstruse

Synonyms

晦澀／晦涩 (huìsè)

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