饑荒

Chinese

		hungry	out of practice; uncultivated
trad. (饑荒/飢荒)		饑/飢	荒
simp. (饥荒)		饥	荒

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīhuāng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄏㄨㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹ fong¹
Min Nan (POJ): ki-hng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jīhuāng → jīhuang (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄏㄨㄤ → ㄐㄧ ˙ㄏㄨㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji.huang
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/ → /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ²/

Note: Toneless - regional and only for the second definition.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gei¹ fong¹
  - Yale: gēi fōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹ fong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi¹ fong¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki-hng
  - Tâi-lô: ki-hng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ki'hngf
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² hŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³ hŋ̍³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴⁻²² hŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ hŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴⁻³³ hŋ̍⁴⁴/

Noun

饑荒

famine; crop failure
(figuratively) (financial) difficulty; trouble; debt

Derived terms

打饑荒／打饥荒
活饑荒／活饥荒

鬧饑荒／闹饥荒

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