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穷

qióng

poor, destitute, impoverished

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Strokes
7
Radical
穴
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4
Tone
2

Traditional form: 窮

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Example sentences

  • 他们都不穷。

    Tā men dōu bù qióng

    All of them are not poor.

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  • 他们不都是穷人。

    Tā men bù dōu shì qióng rén

    They are not all poor.

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  • 我很穷。

    Wǒ hěn qióng

    I'm poor.

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  • 他很穷。

    Tā hěn qióng

    He is poor.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 穷

  • 穷qióng 2poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
  • 穷人qióng rén 2–2 poor people; the poor
  • 层出不穷céng chū bù qióng 2–1–4–2more and more emerge; innumerable succession; breeding like flies (idiom)
  • 无穷无尽wú qióng wú jìn 2–2–2–4endless; boundless; infinite
  • 贫穷pín qióng 2–2 poor; impoverished
  • 无穷wú qióng 2–2 endless; boundless; inexhaustible