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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “ghetto”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 贫民区.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贫困 (貧困) | pín kùn | impoverished; poverty |
| 贫穷 (貧窮) | pín qióng | poor; impoverished |
| 扶贫 (扶貧) | fú pín | assistance to the poor; poverty alleviation |
| 贫民 (貧民) | pín mín | poor people |
| 脱贫 (脫貧) | tuō pín | to lift oneself out of poverty |
| 贫乏 (貧乏) | pín fá | impoverished; lacking |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 民主 | mín zhǔ | democracy; democratic |
| 地区 (地區) | dì qū | region; 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.