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Chinese
Pronunciation
Adjective
貧瘠
- barren (not producing vegetation); infertile
- (literary) poor; impoverished
- (literary) poor person; poor people; the poor
Synonyms
- (barren): (attributive) 不毛 (bùmáo), 瘠薄 (jíbó); (Hokkien, Teochew) 乾竭／干竭 (gānjié), 竭
- (poor):
- 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)
- 貧窮／贫穷 (pínqióng)
- 貧苦／贫苦 (pínkǔ)
- 瘠薄 (jíbó) (literary)
- 窮人／穷人 (qióngrén)
- 貧乏／贫乏 (pínfá) (literary)
- 貧民／贫民 (pínmín)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “poor person”):
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “barren”): 肥沃 (féiwò), (literary) 膏腴 (gāoyú)