饑荒
Chinese
| hungry | out of practice; uncultivated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (饑荒/飢荒) | 饑/飢 | 荒 | |
| simp. (饥荒) | 饥 | 荒 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gei1 fong1
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jīhuāng → jīhuang (toneless final syllable variant)
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄏㄨㄤ → ㄐㄧ ˙ㄏㄨㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: jihuång
- Wade–Giles: chi1-huang5
- Yale: jī-hwang
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji.huang
- Palladius: цзихуан (czixuan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/ → /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ²/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Note: Toneless - regional and only for the second definition.
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gei1 fong1
- Yale: gēi fōng
- Cantonese Pinyin: gei1 fong1
- Guangdong Romanization: géi1 fong1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kei̯⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-hng
- Tâi-lô: ki-hng
- Phofsit Daibuun: ki'hngf
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ hŋ̍⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ hŋ̍³³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² hŋ̍⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-hoang
- Tâi-lô: ki-huang
- Phofsit Daibuun: ki'hoafng
- IPA (Longyan): /ki³³⁴ huaŋ³³⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: gi1 heng1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ki hṳng
- Sinological IPA (key): /ki³³⁻²³ hɯŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Middle Chinese: kj+j xwang
Noun
饑荒
- (literally) famine; crop failure
- (figurative, colloquial) financial difficulty
- (figurative, colloquial) debt
Synonyms
- (famine):