WordTaiwan frequency #20,918
乏人問津
ㄈㄚˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
“no one inquiring or showing interest; attracting no customers or attention”
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乏
ㄈㄚˊ
To lack; to be short of; to be tired or exhausted; poor or impoverished.
人
ㄖㄣˊ
person; people; mankind; human being; someone else; other people; each person; a certain type or identity of person; character or disposition; surname.
問
ㄨㄣˋ
To ask or inquire; to question or interrogate; to investigate or examine; to visit or pay respects; to interfere or meddle.
津
ㄐㄧㄣ
Saliva; sweat; a ferry crossing or ford; a major transport route; to moisten; abbr. for Tianjin.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 問題ㄨㄣˋ ㄊㄧˊquestion; problem; issue; topic; exam question
- 人員ㄖㄣˊ ㄩㄢˊstaff; crew; personnel; people assigned to a role or task.
- 別人ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄖㄣˊother people; someone else; a person distinct from oneself or the group mentioned.
- 個人˙ㄍㄜ ㄖㄣˊan individual; a single person; oneself; personal; (informal) one's partner or lover
- 人生ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥlife; a person's lifetime on earth; human existence; the course of one's life from birth to death
- 人類ㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄟˋhumanity; the human race; mankind; human beings as a whole.
- 人民ㄖㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊthe people; citizens of a country with rights and obligations; the general populace.
- 人們ㄖㄣˊ ˙ㄇㄣpeople; individuals in general; everyone; the public; human beings collectively.
- 人士ㄖㄣˊ ㄕˋperson; figure; public figure; a term for people in general; a personage
- 女人ㄋㄩˇ ㄖㄣˊwoman; adult female; wife
- 家人ㄐㄧㄚ ㄖㄣˊfamily members; household members; (old) servants; (I Ching) a hexagram symbolizing inner family order.
- 人物ㄖㄣˊ ㄨˋperson; personage; figure (especially someone important); character in a story or play; a person of notable character or ability