| 1 | 穷 | 窮 | qióng | qiong2 | poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly | | |
| 2 | 无穷 | 無窮 | wú qióng | wu2 qiong2 | endless; boundless; inexhaustible | | |
| 3 | 穷人 | 窮人 | qióng rén | qiong2 ren2 | poor people; the poor | | |
| 4 | 贫穷 | 貧窮 | pín qióng | pin2 qiong2 | poor; impoverished | | |
| 5 | 穷苦 | 窮苦 | qióng kǔ | qiong2 ku3 | impoverished; destitute | | |
| 6 | 有穷 | 有窮 | yǒu qióng | you3 qiong2 | exhaustible; limited; finite | | |
| 7 | 固穷 | 固窮 | gù qióng | gu4 qiong2 | to endure poverty stoically | | |
| 8 | 民穷财尽 | 民窮財盡 | mín qióng cái jìn | min2 qiong2 cai2 jin4 | the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom); to drive the nation to bankruptcy | | |
| 9 | 力大无穷 | 力大無窮 | lì dà wú qióng | li4 da4 wu2 qiong2 | extraordinary strength; super strong; strong as an ox | | |
| 10 | 哭穷 | 哭窮 | kū qióng | ku1 qiong2 | to bewail one's poverty; to complain about being hard up; to pretend to be poor | | |
| 11 | 救急不救穷 | 救急不救窮 | jiù jí bù jiù qióng | jiu4 ji2 bu4 jiu4 qiong2 | help the starving but not the poor (idiom) | | |
| 12 | 计穷才竭 | 計窮才竭 | jì qióng cái jié | ji4 qiong2 cai2 jie2 | to be at the end of one's resources; to be at one's wits' end (idiom) | | |
| 13 | 即物穷理 | 即物窮理 | jí wù qióng lǐ | ji2 wu4 qiong2 li3 | to search for ultimate ideas through concrete phenomena (idiom) | | |
| 14 | 后患无穷 | 後患無窮 | hòu huàn wú qióng | hou4 huan4 wu2 qiong2 | it will cause no end of trouble (idiom) | | |
| 15 | 国弱民穷 | 國弱民窮 | guó ruò mín qióng | guo2 ruo4 min2 qiong2 | the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom) | | |
| 16 | 缝穷 | 縫窮 | féng qióng | feng2 qiong2 | to sew and mend clothes for a pittance | | |
| 17 | 躲穷 | 躲窮 | duǒ qióng | duo3 qiong2 | to take refuge with a rich relative | | |
| 18 | 打蛇不死,后患无穷 | 打蛇不死,後患無窮 | dǎ shé bù sǐ , hòu huàn wú qióng | da3 she2 bu4 si3 , hou4 huan4 wu2 qiong2 | if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue (idiom) | | |
| 19 | 词穷理拙 | 詞窮理拙 | cí qióng lǐ zhuō | ci2 qiong2 li3 zhuo1 | to be poor in expression and perverted of logic (idiom) | | |
| 20 | 层出不穷 | 層出不窮 | céng chū bù qióng | ceng2 chu1 bu4 qiong2 | more and more emerge; innumerable succession; breeding like flies (idiom) | | |
| 21 | 滋味无穷 | 滋味無窮 | zī wèi wú qióng | zi1 wei4 wu2 qiong2 | The taste is endlessly fascinating. (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 不穷 | 不窮 | bù qióng | bu4 qiong2 | endless; boundless; inexhaustible | | |
| 23 | 变化无穷 | 變化無窮 | biàn huà wú qióng | bian4 hua4 wu2 qiong2 | Endless transformations | | |
| 24 | 白首穷经 | 白首窮經 | bái shǒu qióng jīng | bai2 shou3 qiong2 jing1 | to continue to study even in old age (idiom) | | |
| 25 | 奥妙无穷 | 奧妙無窮 | ào miào wú qióng | Ao4 miao4 wu2 qiong2 | Its profound mysteries are endless | | |