Results, 器用貧乏

器用貧乏【きようびんぼうkiyoubinbou】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • Jack of all trades and master of none - four character idiom

いろいろiroiroできるdekiruしshi、みんなminnaからkara重宝chouhouされるsareruのnoはhaいいiiけれどkeredo、気がついたらkigatsuitara器用貧乏kiyoubinbouとtoいわれないiwarenaiようにyouniなna。 People know how handy you are to have around. You're a real jack-of-all-trades but make sure you don't turn out to be master of none.

Kanji definition:

器
常用４年JLPTN1

キKI・うつわutsuwa

utensil; vessel; receptacle; implement; instrument; ability; container; tool; set

➜
噐
Strokes:
15
Radical:
口 mouth
SKIP:
4-15-1
UTF:
5668
JIS208:
20-79
Hangul:
기 [gi]
Pinyin:
qì
Stroke order:
Example words:
武器【ぶきbuki】
weapon; arms; ordnance; / weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
核兵器【かくへいきkakuheiki】
nuclear weapon
兵器【へいきheiki】
arms; weapon; ordnance
臓器【ぞうきzouki】
internal organs; viscera; intestines
機器【ききkiki】
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
用
常用２年JLPTN4

ヨウYOU・もちいるmochi.iru

utilize; business; service; use; employ

Strokes:
5
Radical:
用甩 use
SKIP:
4-5-1
UTF:
7528
JIS208:
45-49
Nanori:
たからtakara
Hangul:
용 [yong]
Pinyin:
yòng
Stroke order:
Example words:
利用【りようriyou】
use; utilization; utilisation; application
使用【しようshiyou】
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
費用【ひようhiyou】
cost; expense
採用【さいようsaiyou】
use; adoption; acceptance; / appointment; employment; engagement; recruitment
雇用【こようkoyou】
employment (long term); hire
貧
常用５年JLPTN3

ヒンHIN・ビンBIN・まずしいmazu.shii

poverty; poor

Strokes:
11
Radical:
貝 shell
SKIP:
2-4-7
UTF:
8ca7
JIS208:
41-47
Hangul:
빈 [bin]
Pinyin:
pín
Stroke order:
Example words:
貧困【ひんこんhinkon】
poverty; penury; need; destitution; / shortage; lack; want
貧富【ひんぷhinpu】
wealth and poverty; rich and poor
貧しい【まずしいmazushii】
poor; needy; / lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate
貧血【ひんけつhinketsu】
anemia; anaemia
貧弱【ひんじゃくhinjaku】
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby; insubstantial
乏
常用中学校JLPTN1

ボウBOU・とぼしいtobo.shii・ともしいtomo.shii

destitution; scarce; limited

➜
Strokes:
4 or 3
Radical:
丿 bend, slash
SKIP:
4-5-4
UTF:
4e4f
JIS208:
43-19
Hangul:
핍 [pib]
Pinyin:
fá
Stroke order:
Example words:
欠乏【けつぼうketsubou】
want; shortage; famine
貧乏【びんぼうbinbou】
poverty; destitute; poor
乏しい【とぼしいtoboshii】
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor
貧乏人【びんぼうにんbinbounin】
poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent
窮乏【きゅうぼうkyuubou】
poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury

Kanji

器

キKI・うつわutsuwa

utensil; vessel; receptacle; implement; instrument; ability; container; tool; set

用

ヨウYOU・もちいるmochi.iru

utilize; business; service; use; employ


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