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
   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

• 扶贫济困(扶貧濟困) to help the poor; almsgiving for the needy; to assist poor households or poor regions
• 受困 trapped; stranded
• 赒急扶困(賙急扶困) disaster relief
• 穷困(窮困) destitute; poverty stricken
• 困兽犹斗(困獸猶鬥) a cornered beast will still fight; to fight like an animal at bay
• 经济困境(經濟困境) economic difficulty
• 诵读困难症(誦讀困難症) dyslexia
• 困倦(睏倦) tired; weary
• 脱困(脫困) extricating yourself from a predicament
• 偃蹇困穷(偃蹇困窮) poor and out of luck
• 困难在于(困難在於) the problem is...
• 困顿(困頓) fatigued; exhausted; poverty-stricken
• 困觉(睏覺) to sleep
• 春困 spring fatigue; spring fever
• 潜蛟困凤(潛蛟困鳳) a hidden dragon and trapped phoenix
• 困局 a dilemma; a predicament; a difficult situation
• 困苦 distressed; miserable
• 困扰(困擾) perplex; cause complications
• 济困(濟困) to help those in distress
• 吞咽困难(吞嚥困難) dysphagia
• 贫困率(貧困率) poverty rate
• 困厄(睏困) to be suffering from a disaster
• 贫困(貧困) impoverished
• 窘困 difficult
• 围困(圍困) to besiege
• 犯困(犯睏) to get sleepy
• 发困(發睏) to get sleepy
• 道德困境 ethical dilemma
• 益觉困难(益覺困難) to find something increasingly difficult
• 贫困地区(貧困地區) poor region; impoverished area
• 纾困(紓困) to provide financial relief; to bail out (financially); financial relief; bailout
• 使困扰(使困擾) to harass
• 困守 to stand a siege; trapped in a besieged city
• 困窘 embarrassment
• 困惑不解 to feel perplexed
• 扶危济困(扶危濟困) to help those in distress
• 交困 beset with difficulties
• 艰困(艱困) difficult
• 咽下困难(嚥下困難) dysphagia
• 济困扶危(濟困扶危) to help people in distress
• 困惑 bewildered; perplexed; confused
• 面临困难(面臨困難) to be faced with problems
• 困境 a predicament
• 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
• 困难(困難) difficulty; problem ; difficult
• 危困 grave situation
• 解决困难(解決困難) overcome their difficulties
• 呼吸困难(呼吸困難) dyspnea; shortness of breath
• 龙困浅滩(龍困淺灘) dragon stranded in the shallows
• 济危扶困(濟危扶困) to help people in difficulty and bring relief to the needy

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• 卷七十八 志第五十四 食貨二 Volume 78 Treatises 54: Finance and Economics 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
• 卷七十四上 袁紹劉表列傳 Volume 74a: Biographies of Yuan Shao, Liu Biao 1 Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 1
• 卷三十七 蜀書七 龐統法正傳 Volume 37: Book of Shu 7 - Biographies of Pang Tong and Fa Zheng Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 1
• 卷一百三十 列傳第八十: 王璵 李泌 崔造 關播 Volume 130 Biographies 80: Wang Yu, Li Bi, Cui Zao, Guan Bo Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1
• 卷五十六 吳書十一 朱治朱然呂範朱桓傳 Volume 56: Book of Wu 11 - Biographies of Zhu Zhi, Zhu Ran, Lü Fan, and Zhu Huan Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 1
• 卷二 尚賢上 Book 2 - Exaltation of the Virtuous I Mozi 墨子 — count: 1

Collocations

• 困穷 (睏窮) 以至困窮之詩也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧日月 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Ri Yue — count: 20
• 振困 (振睏) 八曰振困 — Guanzi 管子, 入國第五十四 Chapter 54: Entering the State — count: 7
• 民困 (民睏) 其民困 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 6
• 乏困 (乏睏) 共其乏困 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 知困 (知睏) 若華氏知困而致死 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 困伤 (睏傷) 故立功而民不困傷 — Guanzi 管子, 形勢解第六十四 Chapter 64: Resolving a Situation — count: 3
• 困废 (睏廢) 不肖者困廢而莫之能舉 — Guanzi 管子, 明法解第六十七 Chapter 67: Explanation of Wise Edicts — count: 3
• 内困 (內睏) 內困外薄 — Guanzi 管子, 內業第四十九 Chapter 49: Inner Training — count: 3
• 四海困 (四海睏) 四海困窮 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 大禹謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Great Yu — count: 3
• 困在于 (睏在於) 不困在於蚤豫 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十 敬慎 Chapter 10: Being Reverent and Catious — count: 2