Meaning of 贫穷
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
pínqióng
- poor
- impoverished
贫穷 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
汤姆不知道贫穷的感受。
Tom doesn't know what it's like to be poor.
全世界没有一个地方没有贫穷。
There is nowhere in the whole world without poverty.
资本主义是贫穷。
Capitalism is poverty.
他贫穷但幸福。
Poor as he is, he is happy.
我受够了你的反科学贫穷。
I've had enough of your anti-science poverty.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
贫 pín · poor · 8 strokes
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穷 qióng · poor · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 贫穷.
| 穷人 | qióngrén | poor people; the poor |
| 贫困 | pínkùn | impoverished; poverty |
| 无穷 | wúqióng | endless; boundless |
| 贫富 | pín fù | poor and rich |
| 层出不穷 | céngchū-bùqióng | more and more emerge; innumerable succession |
| 贫民窟 | pínmínkū | slum housing |
| 贫民区 | pínmínqū | slum area; ghetto |
| 贫血 | pínxuè | anemia |
| 穷光蛋 | qióngguāngdàn | poor wretch; pauper |
| 贫瘠 | pínjí | barren; infertile |
| 穷鬼 | qióngguǐ | (vulgar) impoverished person; the poor |
| 无穷无尽 | wúqióngwújìn | (idiom) endless; boundless; infinite |
Questions about 贫穷
What does 贫穷 mean?
贫穷 (pínqióng) means "poor; impoverished" and is used as a adjective.
How do you write 贫穷?
贫穷 is made of 2 characters: 贫 (8 strokes), 穷 (7 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.
Is 贫穷 an HSK word?
Yes. 贫穷 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 贫穷 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 贫穷 is written 貧窮.