(pos:形容詞)(sim:冇錢)
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yue:缺乏錢或財物
eng:poor; in poverty
<eg>
yue:窮人 (kung4 jan4)
eng:poor people
<eg>
yue:#呻窮 (san3 kung4)
eng:to (falsely) bemoan one's lack of wealth
<eg>
yue:佢窮到冇錢開飯。 (keoi5 kung4 dou3 mou5 cin2 hoi1 faan6.)
eng:He is so poor that he cannot afford a meal.
<eg>
yue:我細個嗰陣好窮。 (ngo5 sai3 go3 go2 zan6 hou2 kung4.)
eng:I was poor when I was young.
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yue:窮唔代表要認命。 (kung4 m4 doi6 biu2 jiu3 jing6 meng6.)
eng:Being poor doesn't mean you have to resign yourself to fate.

(pos:動詞)
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yue:費盡、用完、竭盡
eng:to exhaust; to use up; to devote entirely
<eg>
yue:#窮盡 (kung4 zeon6)
eng:to exhaust; to use up completely
<eg>
yue:窮一生精力 (kung4 jat1 sang1 zing1 lik6)
eng:to spend a lifetime of effort
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yue:佢窮一生去供層樓。 (keoi5 kung4 jat1 sang1 heoi3 gung1 cang4 lau2.)
eng:He spent his whole life paying for an apartment.