粵

窮kung4到dou3燶nung1

simp穷到㶶
kung4 dou3 nung1kung4 dou3 lung1qióng dào nóng

English

  1. too poor
  2. very poor, literally "poor to be scorched"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 窮到極點

Examples

  • 呢期買咗好多嘢,而家窮到燶啊。

    I've bought many things recently. I'm really broke now.

  • 如果我哋繼續洗錢買埋啲無謂嘢,好快就會窮到燶。

    We'll be broke soon if we don't stop spending money on things we don't need.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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