窘迫

Chinese

		distressed; embarrassed	to force; to compel; pressing to force; to compel; pressing; urgent
trad. (窘迫)		窘	迫
simp. #(窘迫)		窘	迫

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǒngpò

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄥˇ ㄆㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan³ bik¹ / kwan⁵ baak¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kūn-pek / kǔn-piak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǒngpò
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄥˇ ㄆㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyǒngpò
    • Wade–Giles: chiung³-pʻo⁴
    • Yale: jyǔng-pwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeongpoh
    • Palladius: цзюнпо (czjunpo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwan³ bik¹ / kwan⁵ baak¹
    • Yale: kwan bīk / kwáhn bāak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwan³ bik⁷ / kwan⁵ baak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuen³ big¹ / kuen⁵ bag¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn³³ pɪk̚⁵/, /kʷʰɐn¹³ paːk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kūn-pek
    • Tâi-lô: kūn-pik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuxnpeg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kun²²⁻²¹ piɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǔn-piak
    • Tâi-lô: kǔn-piak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kun²² piak̚⁵/

Adjective

窘迫

1. poverty-stricken; poor; impoverished
2. embarrassed; sheepish

Synonyms

• (poverty-stricken):

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• 厄 (literary, or in compounds)
• 困乏 (kùnfá) (formal)
• 困窘 (kùnjiǒng)
• 困窮 / 困穷 (kùnqióng)
• 困苦 (kùnkǔ)
• 困難 / 困难
• 困頓 / 困顿 (kùndùn)
• 宋凶 (Hokkien)
• 散 (Hokkien)
• 散凶 (Hokkien)
• 散赤 (Hokkien)
• 清苦 (qīngkǔ) (especially of scholars and intellectuals)
• 淡薄 (dànbó) (literary)
• 清貧 / 清贫 (qīngpín) (especially of scholars and intellectuals)
• 㾪赤 (Hokkien)
• 磽 / 硗 (Teochew)
• 䆀康 (Hokkien)
• 空乏 (kòngfá) (literary)
• 窄
• 窘促 (jiǒngcù) (literary)
• 窘困 (jiǒngkùn)
• 窮 / 穷 (qióng)
• 窮乏 / 穷乏 (qióngfá) (literary)
• 窮困 / 穷困 (qióngkùn)
• 窮㾪 / 穷㾪 (Hokkien)
• 窮苦 / 穷苦 (qióngkǔ)
• 窮赤 / 穷赤 (Hokkien)
• 艱苦 / 艰苦 (Hokkien)
• 苦寒 (kǔhán)
• 貧乏 / 贫乏 (pínfá)
• 貧困 / 贫困 (pínkùn)
• 貧寒 / 贫寒 (pínhán)
• 貧瘠 / 贫瘠 (pínjí) (literary)
• 貧窮 / 贫穷 (pínqióng)
• 貧苦 / 贫苦 (pínkǔ)

Noun

窘迫

1. difficulty; distress

Derived terms

• 呼吸窘迫 (hūxī jiǒngpò)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (窘迫):

• → Vietnamese: quẫn bách (窘迫)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khún-pek

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khún-pek
    • Tâi-lô: khún-pik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qwnpeg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰun⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ piɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰun⁵³⁻⁴⁴ piɪk̚³²/

Verb

窘迫

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to persecute; to oppress
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to supervise and urge

Synonyms

• (to persecute): 迫害 (pòhài); (Hokkien) 窘逐 (khún-tio̍k)
• (to supervise and urge): 督促 (dūcù)