窮逼

Chinese

Etymology 1

		exhausted; poor	force; compel; drive force; compel; drive; press for; extort; press on towards; press up to; close in on; close
trad. (窮逼)		窮	逼
simp. (穷逼)		穷	逼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qióngbī

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄅㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kung⁴ bik¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qióngbī
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄅㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongbi
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ pi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kung⁴ bik¹
  - Yale: kùhng bīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kung⁴ bik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: kung⁴ big¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ pɪk̚⁵/

Adjective

窮逼

(literary) in a predicament; in an embarrassing situation

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 窮逼 – see 窮屄 (“poor bugger; pauper”). (This term, 窮逼, is a variant form of 窮屄.)

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