困窮

Chinese

		distress; sleepy; doze off	exhausted; poor
trad. (困窮)		困	窮
simp. (困穷)		困	穷
anagram		窮困／穷困

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kùnqióng

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan³ kung⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khun-khiùng
Min Dong (BUC): káung-*gṳ̀ng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kùnqióng
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣˋ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kùncyóng
  - Wade–Giles: kʻun⁴-chʻiung²
  - Yale: kwùn-chyúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuennchyong
  - Palladius: куньцюн (kunʹcjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰwən⁵¹ t͡ɕʰjʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kwan³ kung⁴
  - Yale: kwan kùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kwan³ kung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: kuen³ kung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn³³ kʰʊŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khun-khiùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: kun kiungˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kun⁴ kiung²
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰun⁵⁵ kʰi̯uŋ¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: káung-*gṳ̀ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰouŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kyŋ⁵³/

Adjective

困窮

impoverished; destitute; poverty-stricken

Synonyms

Synonyms of 困窮

㾪赤 (Hokkien)
䆀康 (Hokkien)
厄 (è) (literary, or in compounds)
困乏 (kùnfá) (formal)
困窘 (kùnjiǒng)
困苦 (kùnkǔ)
散 (sǎn) (Hokkien)
散赤 (Hokkien)
淡薄 (dànbó) (literary)
清苦 (qīngkǔ) (especially of scholars and intellectuals)
空乏 (kòngfá) (literary)
窘促 (jiǒngcù) (literary)
窘困 (jiǒngkùn)
窘迫 (jiǒngpò)
苦寒 (kǔhán)
宋凶 (Hokkien)
散凶 (Hokkien)

困難／困难 (kùnnan)
困頓／困顿 (kùndùn)
清貧／清贫 (qīngpín) (especially of scholars and intellectuals)
磽 (Teochew)
窮／穷 (qióng)
窮㾪／穷㾪 (Hokkien)
窮乏／穷乏 (qióngfá) (literary)
窮困／穷困 (qióngkùn)
窮苦／穷苦 (qióngkǔ)
窮赤／穷赤 (Hokkien)
艱苦／艰苦 (Hokkien)
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)

Antonyms

富裕 (fùyù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
困	窮
こん Grade: 6	きゅう Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こんきゅう [kòńkyúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [kõ̞ŋʲkʲɨᵝː]

Noun

困(こん)窮(きゅう) • (konkyū)

poverty, destitution
having great difficulty with, struggling, being in distress

Verb

困(こん)窮(きゅう)する • (konkyū suru) suru (stem 困(こん)窮(きゅう)し (konkyū shi), past 困(こん)窮(きゅう)した (konkyū shita))

to be poor, to be in need

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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