人窮志短

Chinese

		man; person; people	exhausted; poor	the will	lack; short
trad. (人窮志短)		人	窮	志	短
simp. (人穷志短)		人	穷	志	短

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rénqióngzhìduǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄓˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ kung⁴ zi³ dyun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rénqióngzhìduǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄓˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: réncyóngjhìhduǎn
    • Wade–Giles: jên²-chʻiung²-chih⁴-tuan³
    • Yale: rén-chyúng-jr̀-dwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renchyongjyhdoan
    • Palladius: жэньцюнчжидуань (žɛnʹcjunčžiduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ kung⁴ zi³ dyun²
    • Yale: yàhn kùhng ji dyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ kung⁴ dzi³ dyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ kung⁴ ji³ dün²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siː³³ tyːn³⁵/

Idiom

人窮志短

1. one's aspirations are stifled because of poverty

Synonyms

• 人窮志不窮／人穷志不穷 (rénqióngzhìbùqióng)