贫乏 pínfá poor; lacking indigent

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Traditional: 貧乏

Stroke order

贫乏 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

贫乏 — the Chinese character for poor; lacking indigent (pínfá), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 贫乏 — poor; lacking indigent

贫 — 8 strokes
乏 — 4 strokes

Senses

impoverished
lacking
deficient
limited
meager
impoverishment
lack
deficiency

Characters in 贫乏

贫 pín — poor; inadequate; deficient
乏 fá — short of; tired

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

贫乏 is pronounced pínfá and means “poor; lacking indigent”.

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