清貧 [－贫]

Jyutping cing1 pan4
Pinyin qīng pín

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. poor but upright
  2. destitute
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    生活​窮苦​、​清寒
    living a poor, necessitous life
    • 清貧學生
      清贫学生
      cing1 pan4 hok6 saang1
      students with a lower socio-economic background
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj, especially, of scholars and intellectuals
    destitute; poor; badly off
    (syn.) 散赤, 困頓, 穷乏, 困苦, 貧苦, 贫困, 貧寒, 窮, 貧瘠, 貧乏, 窮㾪, 困穷, 空乏, 困窮, 困難, 苦寒, 窘迫, 厄, 㾪赤, 窮苦, 困乏, 貧窮, 贫瘠, 散, 穷赤, 宋凶, 磽, 穷困, 窘促, 穷, 困顿, 䆀康, 困窘, 困难, 贫乏, 貧困, 窮乏, 贫苦, 贫寒, 窮赤, 清苦, 淡薄, 穷㾪, 穷苦, 窮困, 艱苦, 艰苦, 贫穷, 窘困, 散凶
  2. adj, literary
    poor but upright
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    清贫学生
    清貧學生
    cing1 pan4 hok6 saang1
    • students with a lower socio-economic background
  2. Cantonese
    我家境清贫，屋企连电视都冇。
    我家境清貧，屋企連電視都冇。
    ngo5 gaa1 ging2 cing1 pan4, uk1 kei2 lin4 din6 si6 dou1 mou5.
    • I'm from a poor family. I don't even have a TV set at home.