拮据 [－－]

Jyutping git3 geoi1
Pinyin jié jù

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj
    short of money; in straitened circumstances
    • 手頭拮据
      手头拮据
      shǒu tóu jié jū
      to feel the pinch
    • 經濟拮据
      经济拮据
      jīng jì jié jū
      to be hard up; to be short of money
  2. adj, literary
    diligent
  3. adv, literary
    diligently

拮据 [－－]

Jyutping git3 geoi3
Pinyin jié jū

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    生活​貧困​，​捉襟​見​肘
    short of money
    • 佢生活拮据，淨係食排包同杯面度日。
      佢生活拮据，净系食排包同杯面度日。
      keoi5 saang1 wut6 git3 geoi3, zing6 hai6 sik6 paai4 baau1 tung4 bui1 min6 dou6 jat6.
      He is perpetually impoverished and his diet consists only of plain bread and instant noodles.

拮据 [－－]

Jyutping git3 geoi1
Pinyin jié jū

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. hard pressed for money
  2. in financial straits
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj
    short of money; in straitened circumstances
    • 手頭拮据
      手头拮据
      shǒu tóu jié jū
      to feel the pinch
    • 經濟拮据
      经济拮据
      jīng jì jié jū
      to be hard up; to be short of money
  2. adj, literary
    diligent
  3. adv, literary
    diligently
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他的書銷路不好，所以現在手頭十分拮据。
    他的书销路不好，所以现在手头十分拮据。
    tā de shū xiāo lù bù hǎo ， suǒ yǐ xiàn zài shǒu tóu shí fēn jié jū 。
    • He is badly off, because his book doesn't sell well.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢生活拮据，淨係食排包同杯面度日。
    佢生活拮据，净系食排包同杯面度日。
    keoi5 saang1 wut6 git3 geoi3, zing6 hai6 sik6 paai4 baau1 tung4 bui1 min6 dou6 jat6.
    • He is perpetually impoverished and his diet consists only of plain bread and instant noodles.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    手頭拮据
    手头拮据
    shǒu tóu jié jū
    • to feel the pinch
  2. Mandarin
    經濟拮据
    经济拮据
    jīng jì jié jū
    • to be hard up; to be short of money