民窮財盡

Chinese

		the people; nationality; citizen	exhausted; poor	money; wealth; riches money; wealth; riches; property; valuables	to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth)
trad. (民窮財盡)		民	窮	財	盡
simp. (民穷财尽)		民	穷	财	尽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mínqióngcáijìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄘㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ kung⁴ coi⁴ zeon⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mínqióngcáijìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄘㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míncyóngcáijìn
    • Wade–Giles: min²-chʻiung²-tsʻai²-chin⁴
    • Yale: mín-chyúng-tsái-jìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minchyongtsairjinn
    • Palladius: миньцюнцайцзинь (minʹcjuncajczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ kung⁴ coi⁴ zeon⁶
    • Yale: màhn kùhng chòih jeuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ kung⁴ tsoi⁴ dzoen⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ kung⁴ coi⁴ zên⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ t͡sɵn²²/

Idiom

民窮財盡

1. the people are impoverished