赤貧

Chinese

		red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked	poor
trad. (赤貧)		赤	貧
simp. (赤贫)		赤	贫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chìpín

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄆㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cik³ pan⁴ / cek³ pan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiah-pîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chìpín
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄆㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chìhpín
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih⁴-pʻin²
    • Yale: chr̀-pín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhpyn
    • Palladius: чипинь (čipinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ pʰin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cik³ pan⁴ / cek³ pan⁴
    • Yale: chik pàhn / chek pàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsik⁸ pan⁴ / tsek⁸ pan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qig³ pen⁴ / cég³ pen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪk̚³ pʰɐn²¹/, /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ pʰɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiah-pîn
    • Tâi-lô: tshiah-pîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiahpiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)⁵ pin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ pin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰia(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ pin²³/

Adjective

赤貧

1. utterly destitute; extremely poor

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 貧窮 (“poor; impoverished; poverty-striken”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		貧, 窮
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		窮, 貧窮, 窮困, 貧困, 赤貧, 貧乏, 貧苦, 貧寒, 苦寒
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	窮, 貧窮
	Singapore	窮, 貧窮, 窮苦
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	窮
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	窮
	Wanrong	窮
	Xi'an	窮
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	窮
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	苦寒
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	窮
Cantonese	Guangzhou	窮
	Hong Kong	窮
	Taishan	窮
Gan	Nanchang	窮
	Pingxiang	窮
Hakka	Meixian	窮
Jin	Taiyuan	窮
Northern Min	Jian'ou	窮無
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	窮
Southern Min	Xiamen	宋凶, 㾪赤, 窮㾪, 窮赤, 赤窮, 赤
	Quanzhou	宋凶, 窮赤, 赤窮, 赤
	Hui'an	窮赤
	Zhangzhou	宋凶, 散, 散赤, 赤, 䆀空, 無空
	Tainan	散, 散赤, 散食, 散凶, 窮赤, 窮散, 窮苦
	Raoping	磽
	Shantou	窮, 磽
	Jieyang	窮, 磽
	Leizhou	窮, 蒯
Wu	Shanghai	窮
	Suzhou	窮
	Danyang	窮
	Hangzhou	窮
	Jinhua	倒灶

Derived terms

• 赤貧如洗／赤贫如洗