人窮志短
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]man; person; people | exhausted; poor | the will | lack; short | ||
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trad. (人窮志短) | 人 | 窮 | 志 | 短 | |
simp. (人穷志短) | 人 | 穷 | 志 | 短 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄓˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: réncyóngjhìhduǎn
- Wade–Giles: jên2-chʻiung2-chih4-tuan3
- Yale: rén-chyúng-jr̀-dwǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renchyongjyhdoan
- Palladius: жэньцюнчжидуань (žɛnʹcjunčžiduanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jan4 kung4 zi3 dyun2
- Yale: yàhn kùhng ji dyún
- Cantonese Pinyin: jan4 kung4 dzi3 dyn2
- Guangdong Romanization: yen4 kung4 ji3 dün2
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐn²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siː³³ tyːn³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]人窮志短
- one's aspirations are stifled because of poverty