飢寒交迫

See also: 饥寒交迫

Chinese

		hunger and cold	both, coinciding, simutaneously	to force; to compel; pressing to force; to compel; pressing; urgent
trad. (飢寒交迫)		飢寒	交	迫
simp. (饥寒交迫)		饥寒	交	迫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīhánjiāopò

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄏㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄆㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ hon⁴ gaau¹ bik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīhánjiāopò
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄏㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄆㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jihánjiaopò
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-han²-chiao¹-pʻo⁴
    • Yale: jī-hán-jyāu-pwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiharnjiaupoh
    • Palladius: цзиханьцзяопо (czixanʹczjaopo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ xän³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei¹ hon⁴ gaau¹ bik¹
    • Yale: gēi hòhn gāau bīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹ hon⁴ gaau¹ bik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi¹ hon⁴ gao¹ big¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵ hɔːn²¹ kaːu̯⁵⁵ pɪk̚⁵/

Adjective

飢寒交迫

1. (idiomatic) cold and hungry at the same time
2. (idiomatic, figuratively) extremely impoverished