貧瘠 [贫－]

Jyutping pan4 zik3
Pinyin pín jí

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. barren
  2. infertile
  3. poor
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj
    barren (not producing vegetation); infertile
    (syn.) 瘠薄, 竭, 乾竭, 不毛, 干竭
  2. adj, literary
    poor; impoverished
    (syn.) 散赤, 困頓, 穷乏, 困苦, 貧苦, 贫困, 貧寒, 窮, 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, 散, 清貧, 穷赤, 宋凶, 磽, 穷困, 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, 窮困, 艱苦, 艰苦, 贫穷, 窘困, 散凶
  3. adj, literary
    poor person; poor people; the poor
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    局长解释，桉树好粗生，甚至可以喺贫瘠地方生长，唔使加农药。
    局長解釋，桉樹好粗生，甚至可以喺貧瘠地方生長，唔使加農藥。
    • According to the explanation given by the Secretary, the eucalypt is a tough plant that can grow even on barren land, so there is actually no need to apply pesticides.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    盛产芋头的甲仙，其贫瘠土壤下蕴藏多种化石，还有平埔文化保存在山间。
    盛產芋頭的甲仙，其貧瘠土壤下藴藏多種化石，還有平埔文化保存在山間。
    shèng chǎn yù tou de jiǎ xiān ， qí pín jí tǔ rǎng xià yùn cáng duō zhǒng huà shí ， hái yǒu píng pǔ wén huà bǎo cún zài shān jiān ．
    • In Jiasian, which grows a lot of taro, fossils lie buried in the poor quality soil, and some Pingpu Aboriginal culture still survives.