窮人

See also: 穷人

Chinese

		exhausted; poor	man; person; people
trad. (窮人)		窮	人
simp. (穷人)		穷	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): qióngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): qióngrén

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kung⁴ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiùng-ngìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kêng-lâng / kiông-lâng / kêng-lîn / kiông-jîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qióngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyóngrén
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiung²-jên²
    • Yale: chyúng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongren
    • Palladius: цюнжэнь (cjunžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: qióngrén
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyoŋ²⁴ ʐẽ²⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kung⁴ jan⁴
    • Yale: kùhng yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kung⁴ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kung⁴ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiùng-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiungˇ nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiung² ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯uŋ¹¹ ŋin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kêng-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: kîng-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kenglaang
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiông-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: kiông-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kionglaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ¹³⁻²² laŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kêng-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: kîng-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kengliin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiông-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: kiông-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiongjiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ¹³⁻²² d͡zin¹³/

Noun

窮人

1. poor person; poor people; the poor

Synonyms

• 瘠薄 (jíbó) (literary)
• 貧乏／贫乏 (pínfá) (literary)
• 貧民／贫民 (pínmín)
• 貧瘠／贫瘠 (pínjí) (literary)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 窮人 (“poor person”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		窮人, 貧民
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	窮人, 窮鬼, 窮光蛋
	Harbin	窮光蛋
	Singapore	窮人
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	窮人, 窮光蛋, 窮棒棒子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	窮人, 窮光蛋, 溜光蛋, 溜光蛋兒
	Wanrong	窮骨頭
	Xi'an	窮人, 窮漢, 窮光蛋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	窮骨頭
	Liuzhou	窮鬼
Cantonese	Guangzhou	窮人, 窮鬼
	Hong Kong	窮人, 窮鬼
Gan	Nanchang	窮人
	Lichuan	窮搭仔
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	窮苦人
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	窮苦人
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	窮苦人
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	窮苦人
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	窮苦人
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	散人
Jin	Taiyuan	窮人
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	窮儂
Southern Min	Xiamen	艱苦儂, 宋凶儂, 赤囝
	Quanzhou	艱苦儂, 赤囝
	Zhangzhou	艱苦儂, 散仔, 阿散仔, 赤囝
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	散凶儂
	Kaohsiung	散凶儂, 散食儂
	Yilan	散凶儂, 散赤儂
	Taichung	散赤儂
	Tainan	散凶儂, 散赤儂, 散鬼
	Hsinchu	散赤儂
	Kinmen	散赤儂
	Penghu (Magong)	散赤儂, 艱苦儂, 歹命儂
	Jieyang	磽囝, 磽囝儂
	Leizhou	窮儂, 窮鬼
	Haikou	窮儂
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	窮佬, 窮人, 窮鬼
Wu	Danyang	窮人, 窮光蛋, 窮塌皮
	Hangzhou	窮哥哥兒, 窮鬼
Xiang	Changsha	窮人子

Antonyms

• 土豪 (tǔháo) (neologism, humorous)
• 大亨 (dàhēng)
• 好額人／好额人 (Hokkien)
• 富人 (fùrén)
• 富翁 (fùwēng)
• 有錢人／有钱人 (yǒuqiánrén)
• 有錢佬／有钱佬 (jau⁵ cin^4-2 lou²) (Cantonese)
• 有鐳人／有镭人 (Hokkien)
• 財主／财主 (cáizhu)
• 闊佬／阔佬 (kuòlǎo) (colloquial)

 

Derived terms

• 賤物鬥窮人／贱物斗穷人