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Pinyin qióng kùn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. destitute
  2. wretched poverty
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    缺錢​、​缺乏​生活​所​需
    poor; destitute
    • 要幫助經濟窮困嘅人,提供綜援只係一個短期嘅辦法。
      要帮助经济穷困嘅人,提供综援只系一个短期嘅办法。
      To help destitute people, providing CSSA is just a short-term method.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj
    poor; impoverished
    (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, 清貧, 穷赤, 宋凶, 磽, 窘促, 穷, 困顿, 䆀康, 清贫, 困窘, 困难, 贫乏, 貧困, 窮乏, 贫苦, 贫寒, 窮赤, 清苦, 淡薄, 穷㾪, 穷苦, 艱苦, 艰苦, 贫穷, 窘困, 散凶
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他年轻的时候穷困潦倒。
    他年輕的時候窮困潦倒。
    tā nián qīng de shí hou qióng kùn liáo dǎo 。
    • He was terribly poor when he was young.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    要帮助经济穷困嘅人,提供综援只系一个短期嘅办法。
    要幫助經濟窮困嘅人,提供綜援只係一個短期嘅辦法。
    • To help destitute people, providing CSSA is just a short-term method.