人窮志短

Chinese

		man; person; people	exhausted; poor	the will	lack; short
trad. (人窮志短)		人	窮	志	短
simp. (人穷志短)		人	穷	志	短

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rénqióngzhìduǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄓˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ kung⁴ zi³ dyun²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: rénqióngzhìduǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄓˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renchyongjyhdoan
  - Tongyong Pinyin: réncyóngjhìhduǎn
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕʰjʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ twän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ kung⁴ zi³ dyun²
  - Yale: yàhn kùhng ji dyún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ kung⁴ dzi³ dyn²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ kung⁴ ji³ dün²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siː³³ tyːn³⁵/

Idiom

人窮志短

one's aspirations are stifled because of poverty

Synonyms

人窮志不窮／人穷志不穷 (rénqióngzhìbùqióng)

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