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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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貧
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窮
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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pín
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qióng
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ bin ›
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‹ gjuwng ›
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Old
Chinese
|
/*rə/
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/*(r)uŋ/
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| English
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poor
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poor
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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貧
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窮
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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3140
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4145
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Phonetic
component
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分
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躬
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Rime
group
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文
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終
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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貧
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窮
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Old
Chinese
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/*brɯn/
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/*ɡuŋ/
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Adjective
貧窮
- 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.
- I visited some impoverished families in Africa last year.
Synonyms
- 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)
- 貧瘠／贫瘠 (pínjí) (literary)
- 貧苦／贫苦 (pínkǔ)
Dialectal synonyms of
貧窮 (“poor; impoverished; poverty-striken”)
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
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貧, 窮
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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窮, 貧窮, 窮困, 貧困, 赤貧, 貧乏, 貧苦, 貧寒, 苦寒
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| Mandarin
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Taiwan
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窮, 貧窮
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| Yantai (Muping)
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窮
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| Luoyang
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窮
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| Wanrong
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窮
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| Xi'an
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窮
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| Yinchuan
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窮
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| Chengdu
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苦寒
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| Nanjing
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窮
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| Singapore
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窮, 貧窮, 窮苦
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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窮
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| Hong Kong
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窮
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| Taishan
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窮
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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窮
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| Pingxiang
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窮
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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窮
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
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窮
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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窮無
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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窮
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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宋凶, 㾪赤, 窮㾪, 窮赤, 赤窮, 赤
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| Quanzhou
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宋凶, 窮赤, 赤窮, 赤
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| Hui'an
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窮赤
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| Zhangzhou
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宋凶, 散, 散赤, 赤
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| Tainan
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散, 散赤, 散食, 散凶, 窮赤, 窮散, 窮苦
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| Raoping
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磽
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| Shantou
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窮, 磽
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| Jieyang
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窮, 磽
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| Leizhou
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窮, 蒯
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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窮
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| Suzhou
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窮
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| Danyang
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窮
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| Hangzhou
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窮
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| Jinhua
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倒灶
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Antonyms
Derived terms
Descendants