Chinese Word: 穷 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

穷 (Trad.: 窮)HSK 4

Pinyin: qióng
English Definition: poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
Antonyms: 富

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 穴

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 穴 [ xué ] cave, den, hole
- 力 [ lì ] strength, power; capability, influence

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Example Words:

层出不穷 [ céng chū bù qióng ]: more and more emerge; innumerable succession; breeding like flies (idiom)

无穷无尽 [ wú qióng wú jìn ]: endless; boundless; infinite

固穷 [ gù qióng ]: to endure poverty stoically

无穷 [ wú qióng ]: endless; boundless; inexhaustible

穷人 [ qióng rén ]: poor people; the poor

More: 穷* | *穷 | *穷*

Example Sentences

wǒ
我
míng bai
明白
bǐ
比
wǒ men
我们
qióng
穷
dé
得
duō
多
de
的
rén
人
shì
是
zěn me
怎么
shēng huó
生活
de
的
le
了

！

I saw how people that are much poorer than us live!
“
wǒ men
我们
hěn
很
qióng
穷

，
dàn shì
但是
wǒ men
我们
hái yǒu
还有
zhì qì
志气
zài
在

，

”
tā
她
shuō
说

。

“We are poor, but we are good, ” she said.
wǒ
我
yīng gāi
应该
zuò
做
xiē
些
shì
事
lái
来
bāng zhù
帮助
nà xiē
那些
qióng
穷
hái zi men
孩子们

。

I should do something to help the poor children.
tā
她
tài
太
qióng
穷
yǐ zhì
以至
bù néng
不能
gěi
给
hái zi men
孩子们
mǎi
买
yī fu
衣服
chuān
穿

。

She was too poor to dress her children.
dì èr tiān
第二天
wǎn shang
晚上

，
tā liǎ
他俩
lái dào
来到
yì jiā
一家
fēi cháng
非常
qióng
穷
de
的
rén jiā
人家
xiū xi
休息

，
dàn shì
但是
zhè ge
这个
nóng mín
农民
hé
和
tā
他
de
的
qī zǐ
妻子
dōu
都
hěn
很
hào kè
好客

。

The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable farmer and his wife.

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