贫
困

Impoverished in Chinese: 贫困 (pín kùn)

pín kùn

impoverished

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 貧困1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1impoverished
  2. 2poverty

Stroke order

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贫
困

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄆㄧㄣˊ

pín

ㄆ/ pㄧ/ iㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

ㄎㄨㄣˋ

kùn

ㄎ/ kㄨ/ uㄣ/ enˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

贫困

Simplified

貧困

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 政府努力帮助贫困地区的家庭。

    zhèng fǔ nǔ lì bāng zhù pín kùn dì qū de jiā tíng。

    The government works hard to help families in impoverished areas.

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Related words

困

kùn

to trap

困难

kùn nan

difficult

困扰

kùn rǎo

to perplex

困惑

kùn huò

bewildered

困境

kùn jìng

predicament

贫富

pín fù

poor and rich

贫穷

pín qióng

poor

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