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Chinese symbol for “ghetto”

贫民区
pín mín qū
Traditional: 貧民區
slum area; ghetto

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ghetto is 贫民区 (pín mín qū), defined as: slum area; ghetto.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

贫 pín
poor, needy, impoverished; lacking
radical 154 ⾙ · 8 strokes
民 mín
citizens, subjects; a nation's people
radical 83 ⽒ · 5 strokes
区 qū
area, district, region, ward; surname
radical 23 ⼖ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “ghetto”

WordPinyinMeaning
隔都gé dōu(loanword) ghetto
城中村chéng zhōng cūnvillage within a city; shantytown

Related words

Other words that share a character with 贫民区.

WordPinyinMeaning
贫困 (貧困)pín kùnimpoverished; poverty
贫穷 (貧窮)pín qióngpoor; impoverished
扶贫 (扶貧)fú pínassistance to the poor; poverty alleviation
贫民 (貧民)pín mínpoor people
脱贫 (脫貧)tuō pínto lift oneself out of poverty
贫乏 (貧乏)pín fáimpoverished; lacking
人民rén mínthe people
民主mín zhǔdemocracy; democratic
地区 (地區)dì qūregion; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)

See also: Japanese symbol for “ghetto”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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