| 1 | 贫困 | 貧困 | pín kùn | pin2 kun4 | impoverished; poverty | | |
| 2 | 贫农 | 貧農 | pín nóng | pin2 nong2 | poor peasant | | |
| 3 | 贫 | 貧 | pín | pin2 | poor; inadequate; deficient; garrulous | | |
| 4 | 贫穷 | 貧窮 | pín qióng | pin2 qiong2 | poor; impoverished | | |
| 5 | 贫苦 | 貧苦 | pín kǔ | pin2 ku3 | poverty-stricken; poor | | |
| 6 | 贫乏 | 貧乏 | pín fá | pin2 fa2 | impoverished; lacking; deficient; limited; meager; impoverishment; lack; deficiency | | |
| 7 | 贫血 | 貧血 | pín xuè | pin2 xue4 | anemia | | |
| 8 | 贫民 | 貧民 | pín mín | pin2 min2 | poor people | | |
| 9 | 贫富 | 貧富 | pín fù | pin2 fu4 | poor and rich | | |
| 10 | 贫限想 | 貧限想 | pín xiàn xiǎng | pin2 xian4 xiang3 | (Internet slang) (wryly jocular) poverty limits my power of imagination; (fig.) flabbergasted by the antics of the wealthy; the rich live in another world; (abbr. for 贫穷限制了我的想象力 ) | | |
| 11 | 怜贫惜老 | 憐貧惜老 | lián pín xī lǎo | lian2 pin2 xi1 lao3 | to feel compassion for the aged and the poor (idiom) | | |
| 12 | 镰形血球贫血症 | 鐮形血球貧血症 | lián xíng xuè qiú pín xuè zhèng | lian2 xing2 xue4 qiu2 pin2 xue4 zheng4 | sickle-cell anaemia; sickle-cell disease | | |
| 13 | 自幼清贫 | 自幼清貧 | zì yòu qīng pín | zi4 you4 qing1 pin2 | to be poor from one's boyhood on (idiom) | | |
| 14 | 家贫如洗 | 家貧如洗 | jiā pín rú xǐ | jia1 pin2 ru2 xi3 | extreme poverty (idiom); destitute; penniless; poor as church mice | | |
| 15 | 济贫 | 濟貧 | jì pín | ji4 pin2 | to help the poor | | |
| 16 | 患寡患贫 | 患寡患貧 | huàn guǎ huàn pín | huan4 gua3 huan4 pin2 | to worry about dwindling population and increasing poverty (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 访贫问苦 | 訪貧問苦 | fǎng pín wèn kǔ | fang3 pin2 wen4 ku3 | to visit the poor and ask about their suffering (idiom) | | |
| 18 | 犯贫 | 犯貧 | fàn pín | fan4 pin2 | (dialect) to talk nonsense; garrulous | | |
| 19 | 儿不嫌母丑,狗不嫌家贫 | 兒不嫌母醜,狗不嫌家貧 | ér bù xián mǔ chǒu , gǒu bù xián jiā pín | er2 bu4 xian2 mu3 chou3 , gou3 bu4 xian2 jia1 pin2 | a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb) | | |
| 20 | 短计致贫 | 短計致貧 | duǎn jì zhì pín | duan3 ji4 zhi4 pin2 | A shortsighted scheme causes poverty. (idiom) | | |
| 21 | 地瘠民贫 | 地瘠民貧 | dì jí mín pín | di4 ji2 min2 pin2 | The soil is sterile and the people are poor. (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 打富济贫 | 打富濟貧 | dǎ fù jì pín | da3 fu4 ji4 pin2 | to rob the rich to help the poor (idiom) | | |
| 23 | 赤贫如洗 | 赤貧如洗 | chì pín rú xǐ | chi4 pin2 ru2 xi3 | without two nickels to rub together (idiom); impoverished | | |
| 24 | 赤贫 | 赤貧 | chì pín | chi4 pin2 | poverty-stricken | | |
| 25 | 包户扶贫 | 包戶扶貧 | bāo hù fú pín | bao1 hu4 fu2 pin2 | responsibility to households and aid to the poor (idiom) | | |