瘠薄

Chinese

		barren; lean	thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint
trad. (瘠薄)		瘠	薄
simp. #(瘠薄)		瘠	薄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jíbó

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zek³ bok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jíbó
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jíbó
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-po²
    • Yale: jí-bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyibor
    • Palladius: цзибо (czibo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zek³ bok⁶
    • Yale: jek bohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzek⁸ bok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zég³ bog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛːk̚³ pɔːk̚²/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 瘠薄

1. barren (not producing vegetation); infertile
2. (literary) meager; scanty; negligible

Synonyms

• (barren): (attributive) 不毛 (bùmáo), 貧瘠／贫瘠 (pínjí)
• (meager): 微薄 (wēibó)

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 瘠薄

1. (literary) barren land; infertile field
2. (literary) impoverished region
3. (literary) impoverished residents

Synonyms

• (impoverished residents): (literary) 貧乏／贫乏 (pínfá), (literary) 貧瘠／贫瘠 (pínjí), 貧民／贫民 (pínmín), 窮人／穷人 (qióngrén)