Correct
贫 vs 穷 vs 贫穷
/ pín vs qíong vs pínqíong /
Strokes
Definition
贫, 穷 and 贫穷 are all Adjectives, which means “poor; impoverished”.
Example
贫 means "poor" and mostly form disyllabic words or phrases, and 贫 is also found in four-word terms.
贫民 (paupers)
贫农 (poor peasant)
贫病交加 (suffer from both poverty and sickness)
一贫如洗 (penniless).
贫农 (poor peasant)
贫病交加 (suffer from both poverty and sickness)
一贫如洗 (penniless).
1
Tā
他
shì
是
zài
在
pínmínqū
贫民区
chángdà
长大
de
的
,
xiǎoshíhou
小时候
méiyǒu
没有
shàng
上
guò
过
xué
学
。
He grew up in the ghetto and didn't go to school as a child.
2
Tā
他
cóngxiǎo
从小
yīpínrúxǐ
一贫如洗
,
méiyǒu
没有
shòu
受
guò
过
jiàoyù
教育
。
He was brought up in penury, without education.
贫 also means "to be lacking in".
贫血 (anemia)
贫油 (oil poor)
贫油 (oil poor)
3
Tā
她
liǎnsè
脸色
cāngbái
苍白
,
kànlai
看来
xiàng
像
shì
是
yǒu
有
pínxuèzhēng
贫血症
。
Her face was pale and she looked anemic.
4
Nàge
那个
guójiā
国家
fāxiàn
发现
le
了
chāodàxíng
超大型
yóutián
油田
,
jíjiāng
即将
bǎituō
摆脱
pínyóu
贫油
guó
国
de
的
dìwèi
地位
。
That country has discovered a super-large oil field and is about to shake off its status as a poor oil country.
穷 also means "poor" and can be used more independently than 贫.
穷人 (the poor)
穷日子 (days of poverty)
由穷变富 (turn from poor to rich).
穷日子 (days of poverty)
由穷变富 (turn from poor to rich).
5
Tā
他
xiǎoshíhou
小时候
jiālǐ
家里
hěn
很
qíong
穷
,
hái
还
dāng
当
guò
过
tónggōng
童工
。
His family was poor when he was a child, and he worked as a child laborer then.
6
Shíxíng
实行
gǎigé
改革
kāifàng
开放
zhèngcè
政策
yǐhòu
以后
,
zhège
这个
qíong
穷
cūnzi
村子
zhújiàn
逐渐
fù
富
qǐlai
起来
le
了
。
Along with the implement action of reform and opening up policy, the poor village is becoming rich gradually.
贫穷 has the same meaning as 穷 but is more literary and used in abstract or formal situations.
7
Jīngguò
经过
jī
几
nián
年
de
的
fèndòu
奋斗
,
zhège
这个
xiàn
县
yǐjīng
已经
gǎibiàn
改变
le
了
pínqíong
贫穷
luòhòu
落后
de
的
miànmào
面貌
。
The county has changed its poverty after a few years of effort.
8
Pínqíong
贫穷
chángcháng
常常
bànsuí
伴随
zhāo
着
jíbìng
疾病
。
Poverty is often accompanied by disease.
The opposite of 贫 is 富; the opposite of 穷 is 富 or 阔.
9
Yǒuxiē
有些
rén
人
wùzhì
物质
fēngfù
丰富
,
dàn
但
jīngshén
精神
pínfá
贫乏
。
Some people are rich in material things but poor in spirit.
10
Hǎn
喊
qíong
穷
de
的
rén
人
bù
不
yīdìng
一定
qíong
穷
,
zhuāng
装
kuò
阔
de
的
rén
人
yě
也
bù
不
yīdìng
一定
kuò
阔
。
Those who say poor are not really poor, and those who pretend to be rich are not really rich.