瘠薄

Chinese

		barren; lean	thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint
trad. (瘠薄)		瘠	薄
simp. ^#(瘠薄)		瘠	薄

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jíbó

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zek³ bok⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jíbó
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄛˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyibor
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zek³ bok⁶
  - Yale: jek bohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzek⁸ bok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zég³ bog⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛːk̚³ pɔːk̚²/

Adjective

瘠薄

barren (not producing vegetation); infertile
(literary) meager; scanty; negligible

Synonyms

(barren): 貧瘠／贫瘠 (pínjí)
(meager): 微薄 (wēibó)

Noun

瘠薄

(literary) barren land; infertile field
(literary) impoverished region
(literary) impoverished residents

Synonyms

(impoverished residents): (literary) 貧乏／贫乏 (pínfá), (literary) 貧瘠／贫瘠 (pínjí), 貧民／贫民 (pínmín), 窮人／穷人 (qióngrén)

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