贫 pín
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
贫困
pínkùn
poor, impoverished
Characters in this word
困 kùn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 木 tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这个基金主要帮助贫困地区的学生继续念书。 Zhège jījīn zhǔyào bāngzhù pínkùn dìqū de xuésheng jìxù niànshū. This fund mainly helps students in poor areas continue their studies.
- 他出生在一个贫困的家庭，从小就学会了节约。 Tā chūshēng zài yí ge pínkùn de jiātíng, cóngxiǎo jiù xuéhuì le jiéyuē. He was born into a poor family and learned to be thrifty from childhood.
- 这些年当地的生活有了很大改善，贫困人口越来越少。 Zhèxiē nián dāngdì de shēnghuó yǒu le hěn dà gǎishàn, pínkùn rénkǒu yuè lái yuè shǎo. In recent years local life has greatly improved, and fewer and fewer people live in poverty.
Related words
- 贫乏 pínfá poor; deficient; lacking
- 贫穷 pínqióng poverty; poor
- 困 kùn sleepy
- 困难 kùnnan difficulty; difficult
- 困扰 kùnrǎo to trouble; to bother
- 困惑 kùnhuò confused; puzzled; to puzzle
- 困境 kùnjìng predicament; difficult situation
- 盲人 mángrén blind person
- 捐赠 juānzèng to donate
- 未成年人 wèichéngniánrén minor
- 捐款 juānkuǎn to donate money; donation
- 养老 yǎnglǎo to provide for the elderly