貧窮

See also: 贫穷

Chinese

		poor	exhausted; poor
trad. (貧窮)		貧	窮
simp. (贫穷)		贫	穷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pínqióng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pan⁴ kung⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pîn-kiông / pîn-kêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pínqióng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píncyóng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻin²-chʻiung²
    • Yale: pín-chyúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pynchyong
    • Palladius: пиньцюн (pinʹcjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰin³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pan⁴ kung⁴
    • Yale: pàhn kùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pan⁴ kung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pen⁴ kung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐn²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pîn-kiông
    • Tâi-lô: pîn-kiông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pinkioong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /pin²⁴⁻²² kiɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pin¹³⁻²² kiɔŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pîn-kêng
    • Tâi-lô: pîn-kîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pinkeeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /pin²⁴⁻¹¹ kiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pin²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pin²³⁻³³ kiɪŋ²³/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 貧窮

1. poor; impoverished

   上年我探望過一些非洲的貧窮家庭。 [MSC, trad.]
   上年我探望过一些非洲的贫穷家庭。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shàngnián wǒ tànwàng guò yīxiē Fēizhōu de pínqióng jiātíng. [Pinyin]

   I visited some impoverished families in Africa last year.

Synonyms

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• 厄 (literary, or in compounds)
• 困乏 (kùnfá) (formal)
• 困窘 (kùnjiǒng)
• 困窮／困穷 (kùnqióng)
• 困苦 (kùnkǔ)
• 困難／困难
• 困頓／困顿 (kùndùn)
• 宋凶 (Hokkien)
• 散 (Hokkien)
• 散凶 (Hokkien)
• 散赤 (Hokkien)
• 清苦 (qīngkǔ) (especially of scholars and intellectuals)
• 淡薄 (dànbó) (literary)
• 清貧／清贫 (qīngpín) (especially of scholars and intellectuals)
• 㾪赤 (Hokkien)
• 磽／硗 (Teochew)
• 䆀康 (Hokkien)
• 空乏 (kòngfá) (literary)
• 窄
• 窘促 (jiǒngcù) (literary)
• 窘困 (jiǒngkùn)
• 窘迫 (jiǒngpò)
• 窮／穷 (qióng)
• 窮乏／穷乏 (qióngfá) (literary)
• 窮困／穷困 (qióngkùn)
• 窮㾪／穷㾪 (Hokkien)
• 窮苦／穷苦 (qióngkǔ)
• 窮赤／穷赤 (Hokkien)
• 艱苦／艰苦 (Hokkien)
• 苦寒 (kǔhán)
• 貧乏／贫乏 (pínfá)
• 貧困／贫困 (pínkùn)
• 貧寒／贫寒 (pínhán)
• 貧瘠／贫瘠 (pínjí) (literary)
• 貧苦／贫苦 (pínkǔ)

 

Antonyms

• 富裕 (fùyù)

Derived terms

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