人窮志不窮

Chinese

		man; person; people	exhausted; poor	the will	not; no	exhausted; poor
trad. (人窮志不窮)		人	窮	志	不	窮
simp. (人穷志不穷)		人	穷	志	不	穷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rénqióngzhìbùqióng

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄓˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ kung⁴ zi³ bat¹ kung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: rénqióngzhìbùqióng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄓˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄩㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renchyongjyhbuchyong
  - Tongyong Pinyin: réncyóngjhìhbùcyóng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕʰjʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰjʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ kung⁴ zi³ bat¹ kung⁴
  - Yale: yàhn kùhng ji bāt kùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ kung⁴ dzi³ bat⁷ kung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ kung⁴ ji³ bed¹ kung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siː³³ pɐt̚⁵ kʰʊŋ²¹/

Idiom

人窮志不窮

to be poor but have great aspirations and a strong spirit

Antonyms

人窮志短／人穷志短 (rénqióngzhìduǎn)

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