窮困

窮困

Chinese

		exhausted; poor	distress; sleepy; doze off
trad. (窮困)		窮	困
simp. (穷困)		穷	困
anagram		困窮／困穷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qióngkùn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kung⁴ kwan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qióngkùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄣˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongkuenn
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ kʰu̯ən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kung⁴ kwan³
    • Yale: kùhng kwan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kung⁴ kwan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kung⁴ kuen³
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ kʷʰɐn³³/

Adjective

窮困

1. poor; impoverished

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 窮困

䆀康 (Min Nan) 困乏 (kùnfá) (formal) 困窘 (kùnjiǒng) 困窮／困穷 (kùnqióng) 困頓／困顿 (kùndùn) 清苦 (qīngkǔ) (especially of scholars and intellectuals) 清貧／清贫 (qīngpín) (especially of scholars and intellectuals) 穷乏 (literary) 窘促 (jiǒngcù) (literary) 窘困 (jiǒngkùn)

窘迫 (jiǒngpò) 窮／穷 (qióng) 窮㾪／穷㾪 (Min Nan) 窮苦／穷苦 (qióngkǔ) 窮赤／穷赤 (Min Nan) 貧困／贫困 (pínkùn) 貧瘠／贫瘠 (pínjí) (literary) 貧窮／贫穷 (pínqióng) 貧苦／贫苦 (pínkǔ)

Antonyms

• 富裕 (fùyù)