貧瘠

Chinese

		poor	barren; lean
trad. (貧瘠)		貧	瘠
simp. (贫瘠)		贫	瘠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pínjí

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pan⁴ zik³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pîn-chiak / pîn-chek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pínjí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pínjí
    • Wade–Giles: pʻin²-chi²
    • Yale: pín-jí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pynjyi
    • Palladius: пиньцзи (pinʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰin³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pan⁴ zik³
    • Yale: pàhn jik
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pan⁴ dzik⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: pen⁴ jig³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐn²¹ t͡sɪk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pîn-chiak
    • Tâi-lô: pîn-tsiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pinciag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pin²⁴⁻²² t͡siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pîn-chek
    • Tâi-lô: pîn-tsik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pinzeg
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pin²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pin¹³⁻²² t͡siɪk̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: bin dzjek

Rime
Character	貧	瘠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)	清 (123)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	符巾切	秦昔切
Baxter	bin	dzjek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠiɪn/	/d͡ziᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚin/	/d͡ziɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/bien/	/d͡ziæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bjin/	/d͡ziajk̚/
Li Rong	/bjĕn/	/d͡ziɛk̚/
Wang Li	/bǐĕn/	/d͡zĭɛk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ĕn/	/d͡zʱi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pín	jí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pan4	zik6

Adjective

貧瘠

1. barren (not producing vegetation); infertile
2. (literary) poor; impoverished
3. (literary) poor person; poor people; the poor

Synonyms

• (barren): (attributive) 不毛 (bùmáo), 瘠薄 (jíbó); (Hokkien, Teochew) 乾竭／干竭 (gānjié), 竭
• (poor):

• 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)
• 貧窮／贫穷 (pínqióng)
• 貧苦／贫苦 (pínkǔ)

 

• (poor person):

• 瘠薄 (jíbó) (literary)
• 窮人／穷人 (qióngrén)
• 貧乏／贫乏 (pínfá) (literary)
• 貧民／贫民 (pínmín)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "poor person"):

• 土豪 (tǔháo) (neologism, humorous)
• 大亨 (dàhēng)
• 好額人／好额人 (Hokkien)
• 富人 (fùrén)
• 富翁 (fùwēng)
• 有錢人／有钱人 (yǒuqiánrén)
• 有錢佬／有钱佬 (jau⁵ cin^4-2 lou²) (Cantonese)
• 有鐳人／有镭人 (Hokkien)
• 財主／财主 (cáizhu)
• 闊佬／阔佬 (kuòlǎo) (colloquial)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "barren"): 肥沃 (féiwò), (literary) 膏腴 (gāoyú)