穷 qióng▶ pobre

Stroke order

穷 is written in 7 strokes.

• 穷

Senses

1. poor
2. destitute
3. to use up
4. to exhaust
5. thoroughly
6. extremely
7. (coll.) persistently and pointlessly

Example sentences

• 他小时候家里很穷。Tā xiǎo shíhou jiā lǐ hěn qióng.When he was small his family was very poor.
• 这个地区以前非常穷。Zhège dìqū yǐqián fēicháng qióng.This region used to be extremely poor.

Related words

• 层出不穷surgir sin cesar
• 无穷无尽Inagotable

穷 is pronounced qióng and means “pobre”. This word appears in HSK 4, one level of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the proficiency exam most Chinese courses are built around. Passive recognition of 穷 arrives quickly and leaves quickly. Active recall is slower to build and far more durable, so LexiTrail keeps returning the word to you at widening intervals rather than on a timer.