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贫

pín

HSK 6 Character Traditional 貧

What 贫 means

1. poor
2. inadequate
3. deficient
4. garrulous

Example sentences

• 我贫血。
  Wǒ pínxuè.
  I'm anemic.
• 少贫嘴。
  Shǎo pínzuǐ.
  Quit chattering.
• 我出身贫寒。
  Wǒ chūshēn pínhán.
  I grew up in a poor family.
• 他贫穷但幸福。
  Poor as he is, he is happy.
• 资本主义是贫穷。
  Zīběnzhǔyì shì pínqióng.
  Capitalism is poverty.
• 汤姆住在贫民窟里。
  Tāngmǔ zhù zài pínmínkū lǐ.
  Tom lives in a slum.

Words starting with 贫

• 贫困pín kùnimpoverished; poverty
• 贫乏pín fáimpoverished; lacking; deficient
• 贫穷pín qióngpoor; impoverished
• 贫富pín fùpoor and rich
• 贫苦pín kǔpoverty-stricken; poor
• 贫寒pín hánpoor; poverty-stricken; impoverished
• 贫血pín xuèanemia
• 贫下中农pín xià zhōng nóng(category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who…
• 贫瘠pín jíbarren; infertile; poor
• 贫农pín nóngpoor peasant
• 贫民pín mínpoor people
• 贫贱pín jiànpoor and lowly
• 贫民窟pín mín kūslum housing
• 贫尼pín ní(humble) I (used by Buddhist nuns)
• 贫气pín qìmean; stingy; garrulous
• 贫相pín xiàngmean; stingy
• 贫道pín dào(humble) I (used by Taoists)
• 贫民区pín mín qūslum area; ghetto
• 贫限想pín xiàn xiǎng(net slang) (wryly jocular) poverty limits my power of imagination…
• 贫油pín yóupoor in oil
• 贫病交加pín bìng jiāo jiāpoverty compounded by ill health (idiom)
• 贫油国pín yóu guócountry poor in oil
• 贫富差距pín fù chā jùdisparity between rich and poor
• 贫困率pín kùn lǜpoverty rate

Words containing 贫

• 扶贫fú pínassistance to the poor; poverty alleviation
• 清贫qīng pínpoor but upright; destitute
• 一贫如洗yī pín rú xǐ(idiom) penniless; destitute
• 脱贫tuō pínto lift oneself out of poverty
• 次贫cì pínextremely poor but not destitute
• 减贫jiǎn pínto reduce poverty; poverty reduction
• 济贫jì pínto help the poor
• 犯贫fàn pín(dialect) to talk nonsense; garrulous
• 安贫乐道ān pín lè dàoto be content with poverty and strive for virtue (idiom)
• 打富济贫dǎ fù jì pínto rob the rich to help the poor (idiom)
• 杀富济贫shā fù jì pínrobbing the rich to help the poor
• 家贫如洗jiā pín rú xǐextreme poverty (idiom); destitute; penniless; poor as church mice
• 返贫fǎn pínto fall back into poverty
• 脑贫血nǎo pín xuècerebral anemia
• 脱贫致富tuō pín zhì fùto rise from poverty and become prosperous (idiom); poverty alleviation
• 地中海贫血Dì zhōng Hǎi pín xuèthalassemia (medicine)
• 失血性贫血shī xuè xìng pín xuèblood loss anemia
• 海洋性贫血hǎi yáng xìng pín xuèthalassemia
• 障碍性贫血zhàng ài xìng pín xuèaplastic anemia (med.)
• 访贫问苦fǎng pín wèn kǔto visit the poor and ask about their suffering (idiom)
• 赤贫chì pínpoverty-stricken
• 赤贫如洗chì pín rú xǐwithout two nickels to rub together (idiom); impoverished
• 安富恤贫ān fù xù pínto give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)
• 扶贫济困fú pín jì kùnto help the poor; almsgiving for the needy; to assist poor households or poor regions

Characters built on 分

These share the phonetic component 分 (fēn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 玢bīn(literary) a kind of jade
• 邠bīnvariant of 彬

Characters that look like 贫

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 贸màocommerce; trade
• 背bèithe back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from
• 贡gòngto offer tribute; tribute; gifts
• 贺hèto congratulate
• 贪tānto have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy
• 肓huāngregion between heart and diaphragm

Sounds the same

Read pín, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 频frequency; frequently; repetitious
• 嫔imperial concubine
• 颦to scowl; to knit the brows
• 玭pearl
• 矉to glare angrily; to open the eyes with anger; variant of 颦, to scowl
• 𬞟clover fern (Marsilea quadrifolia)
• 嚬variant of 颦