缺衣少食

Chinese

		lack; scarce; vacant post lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of	gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear	young; few; little young; few; little; lack	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (缺衣少食)		缺	衣	少	食
simp. #(缺衣少食)		缺	衣	少	食

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quēyīshǎoshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝ ㄧ ㄕㄠˇ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³ ji¹ siu² sik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quēyīshǎoshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝ ㄧ ㄕㄠˇ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyueyishǎoshíh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh¹-i¹-shao³-shih²
    • Yale: chywē-yī-shǎu-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiueishaoshyr
    • Palladius: цюэишаоши (cjueišaoši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyut³ ji¹ siu² sik⁶
    • Yale: kyut yī síu sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸ ji¹ siu² sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³ yi¹ xiu² xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³ jiː⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵ sɪk̚²/

Idiom

缺衣少食

1. to have insufficient food and clothing due to poverty