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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

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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.

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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
    他的书销路不好,所以现在手头十分拮据。
    他的書銷路不好,所以現在手頭十分拮据。
    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,净系食排包同杯面度日。
    佢生活拮据,淨係食排包同杯面度日。
    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
    手头拮据
    手頭拮据
    shǒu tóu jié jū
    • to feel the pinch
  2. Mandarin
    经济拮据
    經濟拮据
    jīng jì jié jū
    • to be hard up; to be short of money