窮酸

Chinese

		exhausted; poor	sour; sore; ache sour; sore; ache; acid
trad. (窮酸)		窮	酸
simp. (穷酸)		穷	酸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qióngsuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄙㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kung⁴ syun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qióngsuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄙㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyóngsuan
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiung²-suan¹
    • Yale: chyúng-swān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongsuan
    • Palladius: цюнсуань (cjunsuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ su̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kung⁴ syun¹
    • Yale: kùhng syūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kung⁴ syn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kung⁴ xun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ syːn⁵⁵/

Adjective

窮酸

1. poor and pedantic