贫 pín
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
贫乏
pínfá
poor; deficient; lacking
Characters in this word
乏 fá
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 丿 — falling stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这篇论文材料贫乏，论证自然显得单薄。 Zhè piān lùnwén cáiliào pínfá, lùnzhèng zìrán xiǎnde dānbó. This paper has meagre materials, so its argument naturally appears weak.
- 他的词汇很贫乏，说来说去都是那几句话。 Tā de cíhuì hěn pínfá, shuō lái shuō qù dōu shì nà jǐ jù huà. His vocabulary is so poor that he keeps repeating the same few phrases.
- 沙漠地区的水资源非常贫乏。 Shāmò dìqū de shuǐ zīyuán fēicháng pínfá. Water resources are extremely scarce in desert regions.
Related words
- 贫困 pínkùn poor, impoverished
- 贫穷 pínqióng poverty; poor
- 缺乏 quēfá to lack
- 不乏 bùfá not to lack; to have no shortage of
- 乏力 fálì weak; lacking strength; to lack power
- 乞丐 qǐgài beggar
- 乞讨 qǐtǎo to beg; to ask for alms
- 农民工 nóngmíngōng migrant worker; rural migrant worker
- 弱势 ruòshì disadvantaged; in a weak position
- 落户 luòhù to settle; to register residence; to establish presence
- 歧视 qíshì to discriminate; discrimination
- 露面 lòumiàn to appear; to show oneself