贫
穷

Poor in Chinese: 贫穷 (pín qióng)

pín qióng

poor

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 貧窮1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1poor
  2. 2impoverished

Stroke order

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贫
穷

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄆㄧㄣˊ

pín

ㄆ/ pㄧ/ iㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

ㄑㄩㄥˊ

qióng

ㄑ/ qㄩ/ üㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

贫穷

Simplified

貧窮

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他从小生活在贫穷的家庭里。

    tā cóng xiǎo shēng huó zài pín qióng de jiā tíng lǐ。

    He grew up in a poor family from childhood.

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Related words

穷

qióng

poor

穷人

qióng rén

poor people

贫困

pín kùn

impoverished

贫富

pín fù

poor and rich

无穷

wú qióng

endless

层出不穷

céng chū bù qióng

more and more emerge

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