困 (睏) kùn

1. kùn verb to be sleepy / to be drowsy
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 睏 (CCD '困' 5, p. 1132; Guoyu '困' v 2; Unihan '睏'; XHZD 3, p. 407)
2. kùn verb to surround / to beseige
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 困; in the sense of 包围 (CCD '困' 2, p. 1132; Guoyu '困' v 2; Unihan '困')
3. kùn verb to be surrounded / to be stranded
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 困 (CCD '困' 1, p. 1132; Guoyu '困' v 1; Unihan '困'; XHZD 1, p. 407)
4. kùn adjective difficult
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 困; in the sense of 艰难, as in 艰困 (CCD '困' 3, p. 1132; Guoyu '困' adj 1; Unihan '困'; XHZD 2, p. 407)
5. kùn verb to sleep
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Dialect 方言
   Notes: Traditional: 睏 (CCD '困' 6, p. 1132; Guoyu '困' v 1; Unihan '睏'; XHZD 4, p. 407)
6. kùn adjective fatigued
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 睏; in the sense of 疲倦 (CCD '困' 4, p. 1132; Guoyu '困' adj 3)
7. kùn adjective impoverished
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 困; in the sense of 穷苦, as in 贫困 (Guoyu '困' adj 2)
8. kùn noun Kun [hexagram]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 困; the name of a 卦 hexagram (Guoyu '困' n)

Contained in

• 困难(困難) difficulty / problem ; difficult
• 困扰(困擾) perplex / cause complications
• 贫困(貧困) impoverished
• 困苦 distressed / miserable
• 困境 a predicament
• 穷困(窮困) destitute / poverty stricken
• 困厄(睏困) to be suffering from a disaster
• 围困(圍困) to besiege
• 困顿(困頓) fatigued / exhausted / poverty-stricken
• 困惑 bewildered / perplexed / confused
• 困局 a dilemma / a predicament / a difficult situation
• 脱困(脫困) extricating yourself from a predicament
• 疲困 fatigued
• 经济困境(經濟困境) economic difficulty
• 困惑不解 to feel perplexed
• 吞咽困难(吞嚥困難) dysphagia
• 困难在于(困難在於) the problem is...
• 困绑(綑綁) to tie up ; to restrain
• 困倦(睏倦) tired / weary
• 困觉(睏覺) to sleep
• 艰困(艱困) difficult
• 窘困 difficult
• 龙困浅滩(龍困淺灘) dragon stranded in the shallows
• 交困 beset with difficulties
• 使困扰(使困擾) to harass
• 危困 grave situation
• 受困 trapped / stranded
• 咽下困难(嚥下困難) dysphagia
• 困窘 embarrassment
• 春困 spring fatigue / spring fever
• 犯困(犯睏) to get sleepy
• 发困(發睏) to get sleepy
• 诵读困难症(誦讀困難症) dyslexia
• 贫困地区(貧困地區) poor region / impoverished area
• 贫困率(貧困率) poverty rate
• 赒急扶困(賙急扶困) disaster relief
• 道德困境 ethical dilemma
• 面临困难(面臨困難) to be faced with problems
• 扶危济困(扶危濟困) to help those in distress
• 济困扶危(濟困扶危) to help those in distress
• 益觉困难(益覺困難) to find something increasingly difficult
• 困守 to stand a siege / trapped in a besieged city
• 济危扶困(濟危扶困) to help people in difficulty and bring relief to the needy
• 不为酒困(不為酒困) not a slave to the bottle / able to enjoy alcohol in moderation / able to hold one's drink
• 人困马乏(人困馬乏) riders tired and horses weary / worn out / exhausted / spent / fatigued
• 内忧外困(內憂外困) internal trouble and outside aggression / in a mess both domestically and abroad
• 困兽犹斗(困獸猶鬥) a cornered beast will still fight / to fight like an animal at bay
• 扶贫济困(扶貧濟困) to help the poor / almsgiving for the needy / to assist poor households or poor regions
• 纾困(紓困) to provide financial relief / to bail out (financially) / financial relief / bailout
• 解决困难(解決困難) overcome their difficulties

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