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贫困

pín kùn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 貧困

贫困 (pín kùn) means "impoverished". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 贫困 means

1. impoverished
2. poverty

The characters in 贫困

• 贫pínpoor; inadequate; deficient
• 困kùnto trap; to surround; hard-pressed

Example sentences

• 阿尔及利亚仍国境贫困。
  ā'ěrjílìyà réng guójìng pínkùn.
  Algeria is still poor.
• 他怎么在这样的贫困中谋生？
  Tā zěnme zài zhèyàng de pínkùn zhōng móushēng?
  How did he make his living in such poverty?
• 他怎幺在这样的贫困中谋生？
  How did he make his living in such poverty?
• 这个政策的目的是改善最贫困城市的环境。
  Zhège zhèngcè de mùdì shì gǎishàn zuì pínkùn chéngshì de huánjìng.
  The aim of this policy is to improve the environment in the poorest cities.
• 谢谢你在我贫困潦倒之时借给我$500。
  Xièxie nǐ zài wǒ pínkùn liáodǎo zhī shí jiègěi wǒ $500.
  Thank you very much for lending me $500 when I was having difficulty making ends meet.
• 圣保罗同时是全世界最贫困的城市之一也是最富有的城市之一。
  Shèngbǎoluó tóngshí shì quánshìjiè zuì pínkùn de chéngshì zhīyī yě shì zuì fùyǒu de chéngshì zhīyī.
  At the same time, São Paulo is both one of the world's poorest and richest cities.

Words starting with 贫困

• 贫困率pín kùn lǜpoverty rate
• 贫困地区pín kùn dì qūpoor region; impoverished area

Where 贫困 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · pīn–pǐn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read pín kùn correctly.
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