貧困

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See also: 贫困

Chinese

poor distress; sleepy; doze off
trad. (貧困)
simp. (贫困)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (3) (29)
Final () (44) (55)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter bin khwonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/bˠiɪn/ /kʰuənH/
Pan
Wuyun
/bᵚin/ /kʰuonH/
Shao
Rongfen
/bien/ /kʰuənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/bjin/ /kʰwənH/
Li
Rong
/bjĕn/ /kʰuənH/
Wang
Li
/bǐĕn/ /kʰuənH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/bʱi̯ĕn/ /kʰuənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
pín kùn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
pan4 fan3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
pín kùn
Middle
Chinese
‹ bin › ‹ khwonH ›
Old
Chinese
/*rə/ /*kʰˁu-s/
English poor obstruct; distress

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 3140 7554
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*brɯn/ /*kʰuːns/

Adjective

貧困

  1. impoverished; poor; poverty-stricken; disadvantaged
    貧困地區贫困地区  ―  pínkùn dìqū  ―  impoverished area
    貧困家庭贫困家庭  ―  pínkùn jiātíng  ―  disadvantaged household

Synonyms

Antonyms

Noun

貧困

  1. poverty
    擺脫貧困摆脱贫困  ―  bǎituō pínkùn  ―  to escape poverty

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (貧困):
  • Japanese: 貧困(ひんこん) (hinkon)
  • Korean: 빈곤(貧困) (bin'gon)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ひん
Grade: 5
こん
Grade: 6
kan'on on'yomi
 貧困 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Adjective

(ひん)(こん) (hinkonひんこん (finkon)?-na (adnominal (ひん)(こん) (hinkon na), adverbial (ひん)(こん) (hinkon ni))

  1. poor, impoverished

Inflection

Noun

(ひん)(こん) (hinkonひんこん (finkon)?

  1. poverty

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

貧困 (bin'gon) (hangeul 빈곤)

  1. hanja form? of 빈곤 (poverty)