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粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongCharacter

缺乏錢或財物 (poor; in poverty)

形容詞

Examples

窮人

kung4 jan4

poor people

粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongCharacter

費盡、用完、竭盡 (to exhaust; to use up)

動詞

Examples

好多香港人窮一生精力去工作，目的都只係想有一個真正屬於自己嘅安樂窩。

hou2 do1 hoeng1 gong2 jan4 kung4 jat1 sang1 zing1 lik6 heoi3 gung1 zok3, muk6 dik1 dou1 zi2 hai6 soeng2 jau5 jat1 go3 zan1 zing3 suk6 jyu1 zi6 gei2 ge3 on1 lok6 wo1.

Many Hongkongers spend their whole life working just to own a flat.

維基辭典YueCharacter

Original phonetic: /kʰʊŋ²¹/

01

to exhaust

Examples

窮兵黷武

to go all in with wars

欲窮千里目，更上一層樓。

02

to thoroughly investigate

Examples

窮根究底

to dig into the very roots of the matter

漁人甚異之，復前行，欲窮其林。

Amazed at the sight, the fisherman pressed ahead. He wanted to make his way to the end of the forest.

03

to be in the wrong and unable to argue further

Examples

遁辭知其所窮。

When words are evasive, I know how the mind is at its wit's end.

04

to be in dire straits; to suffer from lack of opportunity, support, etc.

Examples

子路慍見曰：「君子亦有窮乎？」子曰：「君子固窮，小人窮斯濫矣。」

窮則獨善其身，達則兼善天下。

When in difficulty, one preserves one's own virtue in solitude. When the opportunity arises, one shares the benefits with all.

窮者欲達其言，勞者須歌其事。

A failed one shall speak with unfading words, The weary must sing out his toil aloud.

05

poor; destitute; impoverished

Examples

貧窮

lacking; suffering from want

人窮志不窮

poor in money but not in aspiration

06

to be exhausted; to be used up

Examples

無窮無盡

to be inexhaustible

理屈詞窮

unable to argue any further; having no more excuses

軻既取圖奉之，發圖，圖窮而匕首見。

Jing Ke took the map scroll and presented it. He unrolled the map, and when it reached the end, the dagger appeared.

07

remote; out-of-the-way

Examples

窮鄉僻壤

remote and backwater place

08

extremely

Examples

窮凶極惡

extremely ferocious and evil

09

thoroughly

Examples

窮究

to dig deep into something

窮追猛打

hotly pursue and fiercely attack

10

excessively; inappropriately attentive to details; snobbishly; frivolously

Examples

窮講究

to be too fine in tastes; to be a snob

11

69th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "exhaustion, tiredness" (𝍊)

12

very; quite

Examples

窮大

very big

俚讀書窮用功。

He studies very studiously.

13

name of an ancient state

廣州方言詞典: 10113CantonCharacter
01

没有錢（與“富”相對）

Examples

～到貼地

～到出骨

～人

～鬼

02

窮盡

Examples

其樂無～

03

極端

Examples

～兇極惡

欽州粵拼: 6655Jam ZauCharacter

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