窮逼

窮逼

Chinese

Etymology 1

		exhausted; poor	force; compel; drive force; compel; drive; press for; extort; press on towards; press up to; close in on; close
trad. (窮逼)		窮	逼
simp. (穷逼)		穷	逼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qióngbī

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄅㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kung⁴ bik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qióngbī
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄅㄧ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongbi
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ pi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kung⁴ bik¹
    • Yale: kùhng bīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kung⁴ bik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: kung⁴ big¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ pɪk̚⁵/

Adjective

窮逼

1. (literary) in a predicament; in an embarrassing situation

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 窮逼 – see 窮屄 (“poor bugger; pauper”). (This term, 窮逼, is a variant form of 窮屄.)