Chinese symbol for “poor”
贫穷
pín qióng
Traditional: 貧窮
poor; impoverished
The closest CC-CEDICT match for poor is 贫穷 (pín qióng), defined as: poor; impoverished.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “poor”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 穷 (窮) | qióng | poor; destitute |
| 菲 | fěi | poor; humble |
| 贫 (貧) | pín | poor; inadequate |
| 差事 | chà shì | poor; not up to standard |
| 贫寒 (貧寒) | pín hán | poor; poverty-stricken |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 贫穷.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贫困 (貧困) | pín kùn | impoverished; poverty |
| 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 |
| 穷人 (窮人) | qióng rén | poor people; the poor |
| 无穷 (無窮) | wú qióng | endless; boundless |
| 层出不穷 (層出不窮) | céng chū bù qióng | more and more emerge; innumerable succession |
See also: Japanese symbol for “poor”.
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.