進退兩難

See also: 进退两难

Chinese

		to advance and retreat; sense of propriety	two difficulties; being in a dilemma or quandary situation
trad. (進退兩難)		進退	兩難
simp. (进退两难)		进退	两难

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìntuìliǎngnán

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄋㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeon³ teoi³ loeng⁵ naan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chin-tui-lióng-nàn
Min Nan (POJ): chìn-thè-lióng-lân / chìn-thòe-lióng-lân / chìn-thòe-liáng-lân / chìn-thèr-lióng-lân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jìntuìliǎngnán
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄋㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinntueyleangnan
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ na̠n³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeon³ teoi³ loeng⁵ naan⁴
  - Yale: jeun teui léuhng nàahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoen³ toey³ loeng⁵ naan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zên³ têu³ lêng⁵ nan⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɵn³³ tʰɵy̯³³ lœːŋ¹³ nɑːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chin-tui-lióng-nàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: jin dui liong` nanˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: jin⁴ dui⁴ liong³ nan²
  - IPA: /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ tu̯i⁵⁵ li̯oŋ³¹ nan¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìn-thè-lióng-lân
  - Tâi-lô: tsìn-thè-lióng-lân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cientealiofnglaan
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕin¹¹⁻⁵³ tʰe¹¹⁻⁵³ liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕin²¹⁻⁴¹ tʰe²¹⁻⁴¹ liɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lan²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìn-thòe-lióng-lân
  - Tâi-lô: tsìn-thuè-lióng-lân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cientoealiofnglaan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lan²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìn-thòe-liáng-lân
  - Tâi-lô: tsìn-thuè-liáng-lân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cientoealiafnglaan
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕin²¹⁻⁵³ tʰue²¹⁻⁵³ liaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lan¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chìn-thèr-lióng-lân
  - Tâi-lô: tsìn-thèr-lióng-lân
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕin⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tʰə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lan²⁴/

Idiom

進退兩難

between a rock and a hard place
in a bind; in a pickle
describes an awkward situation where one does not know what to do

Related terms

不上不下 (bùshàngbùxià)
進退維谷／进退维谷 (jìntuì wéi gǔ)

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