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  kung4   jyutping
  qiong2   pinyin
[1] [adj] poor; destitute; poverty-stricken
[2] [adj] having an end; having a limit
[3] [adv] most; extremely; utterly
[4] [adv] thoroughly; exhaustively; completely
[5] [v] thoroughly examine; completely look into
[6] [v] use up; exhaust
[7] [adj] in trouble; without any way out



Default PoS: adjective Additional PoS: verbadverb
Stroke count: 15
Level: 3
Radical: (#116)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
窮 / 穷

This word has been viewed 9270 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 20th Aug 2009 11:13

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detail  cang4 ceot1 bat1 kung4  ceng2 chu1 bu4 qiong2 = (phrase) to come out one after another
detail  kung4 jan4  qiong2 ren2 = poor people; pauper; the poor
detail  kung4 fu2  qiong2 ku3 = poor; improvished; destitute
detail  mou4 kung4  wu2 qiong2 = endless
detail  pan4 kung4  pin2 qiong2 = poor, impoverished
detail  kung4 gwai2  qiong2 gui3 = poor devil, miserable wretch
detail  mou4 kung4 siu2  wu2 qiong2 xiao3 = infinitesimal
detail  faat3 kung4 ok3   = to be furious
detail  kung4 kwan3   = in poverty and distress; badly off; deprivation; to be poor
detail  kung4 ngo6  qiong2 e4 = exhausted and hungry
See all 34 compounds (CantoDict reports 32 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)
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