窘
迫

Poverty-stricken in Chinese: 窘迫 (jiǒng pò)

jiǒng pò

poverty-stricken

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1poverty-stricken
  2. 2very poor
  3. 3hard-pressed
  4. 4in a predicament
  5. 5embarrassed

Stroke order

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窘
迫

Zhuyin

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ㄐㄩㄥˇ

jiǒng

ㄐ/ jㄩ/ üㄥ/ engˇ/ third tone

ㄆㄛˋ

pò

ㄆ/ pㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 失业后，他的生活一度十分窘迫。

    shī yè hòu， tā de shēng huó yí dù shí fēn jiǒng pò。

    After losing his job, his life was for a time very hard-pressed.

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Related words

迫切

pò qiè

urgent

被迫

bèi pò

to be compelled

强迫

qiǎng pò

to compel

压迫

yā pò

to oppress

逼迫

bī pò

to force

急迫

jí pò

urgent

紧迫

jǐn pò

pressing

迫害

pò hài

to persecute

迫使

pò shǐ

to force

从容不迫

cóng róng bù pò

calm

迫不及待

pò bù jí dài

impatient (idiom)

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