貧窮

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
• Min Nan (POJ): pîn-kiông / pîn-kêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: pínqióng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pynchyong
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰin³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pan⁴ kung⁴
    • Yale: pàhn kùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pan⁴ kung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pen⁴ kung⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /pʰɐn²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (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

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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Synonyms of 貧窮

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) 窮困／穷困 (qióngkùn) 窮苦／穷苦 (qióngkǔ) 窮赤／穷赤 (Min Nan) 貧困／贫困 (pínkùn) 貧瘠／贫瘠 (pínjí) (literary) 貧苦／贫苦 (pínkǔ)

Antonyms

• 富裕 (fùyù)

Derived terms

在職貧窮／在职贫穷 (zàizhí pínqióng)