穷

qióng

“Poor” in Chinese is 穷 (qióng).

Meaning

poor
destitute
to use up

Show 4 more meanings

to exhaust
thoroughly
extremely
(coll.) persistently and pointlessly

Example

有钱人未必比穷人幸福。

The rich are not always happier than the poor.

From 穷人 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Words containing 穷

穷人qióngrénpoor peopleHSK 4 贫穷pínqióngpoorHSK 7-9 无穷wúqióngendlessHSK 7-9 层出不穷céngchū-bùqióngmore and more emergeHSK 7-9

More HSK 4 characters

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