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
• Eastern Min (BUC): káung-*gṳ̀ng

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• 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): /kʰu̯ən⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/
• 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/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: káung-*gṳ̀ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰouŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kyŋ⁵³/

Adjective

困窮

1. impoverished; destitute; poverty-stricken

Synonyms

• 厄 (literary, or in compounds)
• 困乏 (kùnfá) (formal)
• 困窘 (kùnjiǒng)
• 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)
• 窮苦／穷苦 (qióngkǔ)
• 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)

 

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])
• IPA^(key): [kõ̞ŋʲkʲɨᵝː]

Noun

困(こん)窮(きゅう) • (konkyū) 

1. poverty, destitution
2. 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))

1. to be poor, to be in need