貧瘠

Chinese

		poor	barren; lean
trad. (貧瘠)		貧	瘠
simp. (贫瘠)		贫	瘠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pínjí

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pan⁴ zik³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pîn-chiak / pîn-chek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pínjí
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pínjí
  - Wade–Giles: pʻin²-chi²
  - Yale: pín-jí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pynjyi
  - Palladius: пиньцзи (pinʹczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰin³⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: pan⁴ zik³
  - Yale: pàhn jik
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pan⁴ dzik⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: pen⁴ jig³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɐn²¹ t͡sɪk̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pîn-chiak
  - Tâi-lô: pîn-tsiak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pinciag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pin²⁴⁻²² t͡siak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pîn-chek
  - Tâi-lô: pîn-tsik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pinzeg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pin²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pin¹³⁻²² t͡siɪk̚³²/

Middle Chinese: bin dzjek

Rime
Character	貧	瘠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	符巾切	秦昔切
Baxter	bin	dzjek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠiɪn/	/d͡ziᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚin/	/d͡ziɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/bien/	/d͡ziæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bjin/	/d͡ziajk̚/
Li Rong	/bjĕn/	/d͡ziɛk̚/
Wang Li	/bǐĕn/	/d͡zĭɛk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯ĕn/	/d͡zʱi̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pín	jí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pan⁴	zik⁶

Adjective

貧瘠

barren (not producing vegetation); infertile
(literary) poor; impoverished
(literary) poor person; poor people; the poor

Synonyms

(barren): (attributive) 不毛 (bùmáo), 瘠薄 (jíbó); (Hokkien, Teochew) 乾竭／干竭 (gānjié), 竭
(poor):

(poor person):

瘠薄 (jíbó) (literary)
窮人／穷人 (qióngrén)
貧乏／贫乏 (pínfá) (literary)
貧民／贫民 (pínmín)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “poor person”):

土豪 (tǔháo) (neologism, humorous)
大亨 (dàhēng)
好額人／好额人 (Hokkien)
富人 (fùrén)
富翁 (fùwēng)
有錢人／有钱人 (yǒuqiánrén)
有錢佬／有钱佬 (jau⁵ cin^4-2 lou²) (Cantonese)
有鐳人／有镭人 (Hokkien)
財主／财主 (cáizhu)
闊佬／阔佬 (kuòlǎo) (colloquial)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “barren”): 肥沃 (féiwò), (literary) 膏腴 (gāoyú)

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