人窮志不窮

Chinese

		man; person; people	exhausted; poor	the will	not; no	exhausted; poor
trad. (人窮志不窮)		人	窮	志	不	窮
simp. (人穷志不穷)		人	穷	志	不	穷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénqióngzhìbùqióng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄓˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄩㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ kung⁴ zi³ bat¹ kung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénqióngzhìbùqióng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄓˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: réncyóngjhìhbùcyóng
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-chʻiung²-chih⁴-pu⁴-chʻiung²
    • Yale: rén-chyúng-jr̀-bù-chyúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renchyongjyhbuchyong
    • Palladius: жэньцюнчжибуцюн (žɛnʹcjunčžibucjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ kung⁴ zi³ bat¹ kung⁴
    • Yale: yàhn kùhng ji bāt kùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ kung⁴ dzi³ bat⁷ kung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ kung⁴ ji³ bed¹ kung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siː³³ pɐt̚⁵ kʰʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

人窮志不窮

1. to be poor but have great aspirations and a strong spirit

Antonyms

• 人窮志短／人穷志短 (rénqióngzhìduǎn)