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贫穷

pín qióng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 貧窮

贫穷 (pín qióng) means "poor; impoverished". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 贫穷 means

1. poor
2. impoverished

The characters in 贫穷

• 贫pínpoor; inadequate; deficient
• 穷qióngpoor; destitute; to use up

Example sentences

• 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.
• 他不因贫穷而感到羞愧。
  Tā bù yīn pínqióng ér gǎndào xiūkuì.
  He is not ashamed of being poor.
• 黑麦被称为贫穷的谷物。
  Hēimài bèi chēngwéi pínqióng de gǔwù.
  Rye was called the grain of poverty.
• 汤姆不知道贫穷的感受。
  Tom doesn't know what it's like to be poor.
• 我更愿意贫穷而不是富裕。
  I prefer being poor to being rich.

Words starting with 贫穷

• 贫穷潦倒pín qióng liáo dǎodestitute; poverty-stricken

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