贫 pín
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
贫穷
pínqióng
poverty; poor
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Example phrases
- 单靠补贴无法根除贫穷，还必须创造稳定的就业机会。 Dān kào bǔtiē wúfǎ gēnchú pínqióng, hái bìxū chuàngzào wěndìng de jiùyè jīhuì. Subsidies alone cannot eradicate poverty; stable employment opportunities must also be created.
- 他出生在一个贫穷的小山村，从小就很懂事。 Tā chūshēng zài yí ge pínqióng de xiǎo shāncūn, cóngxiǎo jiù hěn dǒngshì. He was born in a poor little mountain village and was sensible from childhood.
- 贫穷并不可怕，可怕的是失去希望。 Pínqióng bìng bù kěpà, kěpà de shì shīqù xīwàng. Poverty is not frightening; what is frightening is losing hope.
Related words
- 贫困 pínkùn poor, impoverished
- 贫乏 pínfá poor; deficient; lacking
- 穷 qióng poor
- 穷人 qióngrén poor person
- 层出不穷 céngchūbùqióng to emerge one after another; endless
- 无穷 wúqióng endless; infinite
- 农民工 nóngmíngōng migrant worker; rural migrant worker
- 乞丐 qǐgài beggar
- 落户 luòhù to settle; to register residence; to establish presence
- 乞讨 qǐtǎo to beg; to ask for alms
- 露面 lòumiàn to appear; to show oneself
- 弱势 ruòshì disadvantaged; in a weak position