Chinese symbol for “impasse”
僵局
jiāng jú
impasse; deadlock
The closest CC-CEDICT match for impasse is 僵局 (jiāng jú), defined as: impasse; deadlock.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “impasse”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 末路 | mò lù | dead end; impasse; end of the road; final days |
| 穷途末路 (窮途末路) | qióng tú mò lù | lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse; in a plight with no way out |
| 断头路 (斷頭路) | duàn tóu lù | dead-end road; (fig.) impasse |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 僵局.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 僵尸 (殭屍) | jiāng shī | gyonshi; jiang shi |
| 僵硬 | jiāng yìng | stiff; rigid |
| 僵化 | jiāng huà | to become rigid |
| 僵持 | jiāng chí | to be deadlocked |
| 冻僵 (凍僵) | dòng jiāng | frozen stiff; numb with cold |
| 当局 (當局) | dāng jú | authorities |
| 局长 (局長) | jú zhǎng | bureau chief; measure word: 位 (wèi), 个 (gè) |
| 布局 (佈局) | bù jú | arrangement; composition |
See also: Japanese symbol for “impasse”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.