窮乏

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Chinese

exhausted; poor short of; tired
trad. (窮乏)
simp. (穷乏)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (30) (3)
Final () (2) (148)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter gjuwng bjop
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɡɨuŋ/ /bɨɐp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɡiuŋ/ /biɐp̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɡiuŋ/ /biɐp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/guwŋ/ /buap̚/
Li
Rong
/ɡiuŋ/ /biɐp̚/
Wang
Li
/ɡĭuŋ/ /bĭwɐp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/gi̯uŋ/ /bʱi̯wɐp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qióng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
kung4 faat6

Adjective

窮乏

  1. (literary) impoverished; poverty-stricken

Synonyms