穷

Poor in Chinese: 穷 (qióng)

qióng

poor

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 窮2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1poor
  2. 2destitute
  3. 3to use up
  4. 4to exhaust
  5. 5thoroughly
  6. 6extremely
  7. 7(coll.) persistently and pointlessly

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穷

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄑㄩㄥˊ

qióng

ㄑ/ qㄩ/ üㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

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穷

Simplified

窮

Traditional

Example sentences

See 穷 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他们都不穷。

    tā men dōu bù qióng。

    All of them are not poor.

  • 他贫穷但幸福。

    tā pín qióng dàn xìng fú。

    Poor as he is, he is happy.

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Related words

穷人

qióng rén

poor people

贫穷

pín qióng

poor

无穷

wú qióng

endless

层出不穷

céng chū bù qióng

more and more emerge

却

què

but

然而

rán ér

however

热闹

rè nao

bustling with noise and excitement

日记

rì jì

diary

申请

shēn qǐng

to apply for sth

甚至

shèn zhì

even

失败

shī bài

to be defeated

失望

shī wàng

disappointed

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