窮苦

See also: 穷苦

Chinese

		exhausted; poor	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
trad. (窮苦)		窮	苦
simp. (穷苦)		穷	苦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qióngkǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄎㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kung⁴ fu²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiùng-khú
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kêng-khó͘ / kiông-khó͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kiong⁵ kou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qióngkǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄎㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyóngkǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiung²-kʻu³
    • Yale: chyúng-kǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongkuu
    • Palladius: цюнку (cjunku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kung⁴ fu²
    • Yale: kùhng fú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kung⁴ fu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kung⁴ fu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ fuː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiùng-khú
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiungˇ ku`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiung² ku³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯uŋ¹¹ kʰu³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kêng-khó͘
    • Tâi-lô: kîng-khóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kengqor
    • IPA (Tainan): /kiɪŋ²⁴⁻³³ kʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiông-khó͘
    • Tâi-lô: kiông-khóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiongqor
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ¹³⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kiong⁵ kou²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiông khóu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰioŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰou⁵²/

Adjective

窮苦

1. destitute; poverty-stricken

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)
• 貧窮／贫穷 (pínqióng)
• 貧苦／贫苦 (pínkǔ)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 貧窮 (“poor; impoverished; poverty-striken”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		貧, 窮
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		窮, 貧窮, 窮困, 貧困, 赤貧, 貧乏, 貧苦, 貧寒, 苦寒
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	窮, 貧窮
	Singapore	窮, 貧窮, 窮苦
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	窮
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	窮
	Wanrong	窮
	Xi'an	窮
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	窮
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	苦寒
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	窮
Cantonese	Guangzhou	窮
	Hong Kong	窮
	Taishan	窮
Gan	Nanchang	窮
	Pingxiang	窮
Hakka	Meixian	窮
Jin	Taiyuan	窮
Northern Min	Jian'ou	窮無
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	窮
Southern Min	Xiamen	宋凶, 㾪赤, 窮㾪, 窮赤, 赤窮, 赤
	Quanzhou	宋凶, 窮赤, 赤窮, 赤
	Hui'an	窮赤
	Zhangzhou	宋凶, 散, 散赤, 赤
	Tainan	散, 散赤, 散食, 散凶, 窮赤, 窮散, 窮苦
	Raoping	磽
	Shantou	窮, 磽
	Jieyang	窮, 磽
	Leizhou	窮, 蒯
Wu	Shanghai	窮
	Suzhou	窮
	Danyang	窮
	Hangzhou	窮
	Jinhua	倒灶

Antonyms

• 富裕 (fùyù)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
窮	苦

Adjective

窮苦

1. chữ Hán form of cùng khổ (“impoverished”).