蹇 jiǎn

1. jiǎn adjective lame; crippled
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '蹇'; Guoyu '蹇' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '蹇' 1, p. 198; Mathews 1931 '蹇', p. 116; Unihan '蹇')
2. jiǎn adjective unlucky
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '蹇'; Guoyu '蹇' adj 2; Unihan '蹇')
3. jiǎn noun trouble; difficulties
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '蹇' n 1; Mathews 1931 '蹇', p. 116)
4. jiǎn adjective proud
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '蹇' adj 4; Mathews 1931 '蹇', p. 116)
5. jiǎn verb to pick up
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Mathews 1931 '蹇', p. 116)
6. jiǎn proper noun Jian
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Surname and name of a gua in the Yijing (Guoyu '蹇' n 2; Kroll 2015 '蹇' 3, p. 198; Mathews 1931 '蹇', p. 116)
7. jiǎn adjective sluggish; awkward
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '蹇'; Guoyu '蹇' adj 3)
8. jiǎn adjective rugged; rough; worn
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '蹇' 2, p. 198)
9. jiǎn verb to stutter
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '蹇' 4, p. 198)
10. jiǎn particle particle with no meaning
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Used in Chuci (Guoyu '蹇' particle; Kroll 2015 '蹇' 4, p. 198)

Contained in

• 蹇运(蹇運) misfortune; evil destiny
• 蹇涩(蹇澀) awkward; lame; difficulty (especially in moving); not smooth
• 偃蹇困穷(偃蹇困窮) poor and out of luck
• 蹇跛 lame; crippled
• 瑶台之偃蹇(瑤臺之偃蹇) the towering jade terrace
• 命蹇 bad luck
• 蹇蹇 having difficulty ; upright and plainspoken ; with difficulty ; upright and plainspoken
• 跛蹇 lame; crippled
• 时乖命蹇(時乖命蹇) bad times, adverse fate
• 骜蹇(驁蹇) obstinate and undisciplined
• 蹇修 Jianxiu ; go-between; matchmaker
• 蹇拙 clumsy (writing); awkward; obscure
• 蹇滞(蹇滯) awkward; ominous; unfavorable
• 骄蹇(驕蹇) arrogantly disobedient
• 偃蹇 arrogant ; crooked ; to lie down comfortably ; to be disappointed ; numerous
• 代作蹇修 act as a matchmaker
• 彼皆偃蹇 they are all arrogant
• 蹇諤之风(蹇諤之風) frank and outspoken manner

Also contained in

蹇叔

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 蹇 Jian Book of Changes 易經 — count: 15
• 卷一百四十八 列傳第三十六 楊士奇 楊榮 楊溥 Volume 148 Biographies 36: Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Yang Pu History of Ming 明史 — count: 11
• 卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 9
• 卷一百四十九 列傳第三十七 蹇義 夏原吉 Volume 149 Biographies 37: Jian Yi, Xia Yuanji History of Ming 明史 — count: 8
• 第二回 Chapter 2 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 7
• 卷第四 九章 Chapter 4: Nine Pieces Songs of Chu 楚辭 — count: 7
• 卷二十八 魏書二十八 王毌丘諸葛鄧鍾傳 Volume 28: Book of Wei 28 - Biographies of Wang, Guanqiu, Zhuge, Deng and Zhong Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 6
• 卷二十一 Scroll 21 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5
• 卷六十九 竇何列傳 Volume 69: Biographies of Dou, He Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 5
• 卷二百 志第一百五十三 刑法二 Volume 200 Treatises 153: Punishment and Law 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 4

Collocations

• 驽蹇 (駑蹇) 駑蹇之足 — Book of Han 漢書, 漢書敘例 Preface to the Book of Han — count: 17
• 蹇硕 (蹇碩) 上軍校尉蹇碩下獄死 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八 孝靈帝紀 Volume 8: Annals of Emperor Xiaoling — count: 13
• 往蹇 (往蹇) 往蹇 — Book of Changes 易經, 蹇 Jian — count: 9
• 蹇来 (蹇來) 往蹇來譽 — Book of Changes 易經, 蹇 Jian — count: 8
• 蹇諤 (蹇諤) 無蹇諤之節 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷四十三 列傳第十三 山濤 王戎 郭舒 樂廣 Volume 43 Biographies 13: Shan Tao; Wang Rong; Guo Shu; Yue Guang — count: 6
• 屯蹇 (屯蹇) 時有屯蹇 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四十二 蜀書十二　　杜周杜許孟來尹李譙郤傳 Volume 42: Book of Shu 12 - Biographies of Du, Zhou, Du, Xu, Meng, Lai, Yin, Li, Qiao, and Xi — count: 6
• 蹇利 (蹇利) 蹇利西南 — Book of Changes 易經, 蹇 Jian — count: 4
• 蹇驴 (蹇驢) 騰駕罷牛兮驂蹇驢 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《屈原賈生列傳》 Biographies of Qu Yuan and Master Jia — count: 4
• 门蹇 (門蹇) 以小黃門蹇碩為上軍校尉 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十九 竇何列傳 Volume 69: Biographies of Dou, He — count: 4
• 忠蹇 (忠蹇) 處朝忠蹇 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷六十五 吳書二十 王樓賀韋華傳 Volume 65: Book of Wu 20 - Biographies of Wang, Lou, He, Wei, and Hua — count: 4