困境 meaning in English

kùnjìng

predicament; plight

HSK 7-9noun21 strokes

Meaning of 困境

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kùnjìng
  1. predicament; plight

困境 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ身shēn陷xiàn困kùn境jìng。
I am in a tight place.
我wǒ怎zěn么me才cái能néng摆bǎi脱tuō这zhè种zhǒng困kùn境jìng?
How do I get out of this mess?
给gěi他tā讲jiǎng解jiě一yī下xià你nǐ的de困kùn境jìng。
Explain to him the difficult situation you are in.
你nǐ在zài陷xiàn入rù困kùn境jìng。
You're getting into deep water.
当dāng我wǒ在zài错cuò误wù的de时shí候hòu开kāi口kǒu时shí,我wǒ总zǒng是shì让ràng我wǒ和hé我wǒ的de朋péng友yǒu陷xiàn入rù困kùn境jìng。
When I speak up at the wrong moment, I often get my friends and myself into difficult situations.

Stroke order for each character

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困 kùn · to trap · 7 strokes

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境 jìng · boundary · 14 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 困境.

困难kùnnandifficult; challenging
环境huánjìngenvironment; circumstances
困扰kùnrǎoto perplex; to disturb
边境biānjìngfrontier; border
贫困pínkùnimpoverished; poverty
困惑kùnhuòbewildered; perplexed
处境chǔjìngsituation (of a person)
境地jìngdìcircumstances
境界jìngjièboundary; state
入境rùjìngto enter a country
境内jìngnèiwithin the borders; internal (to a country, province, city etc)
出境chūjìngto leave a country or region; outbound (tourism)

Questions about 困境

What does 困境 mean?

困境 (kùnjìng) means "predicament; plight" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 困境?

困境 is made of 2 characters: 困 (7 strokes), 境 (14 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.

Is 困境 an HSK word?

Yes. 困境 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.