HSK 4 HSK C4/V4
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Collocation

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穷人
2
穷地方
3
很穷
4
非常穷
5
特别穷
6
太穷了
7
穷得可怜

Definition

穷 is an adjective, which means [ (贫穷) poor; poverty-stricken ].

Example

As an Adjective.
1
liáng
马良
huan
喜欢
huàhuà
画画
  
,
shì
可是
jiā
家里
qíong
  
,
lián
zhī
méiyǒu
没有
  

Ma Liang likes to draw, but his family is poor and doesn't even have a pen.

2
Zhè
这里
de
rénkǒu
人口
yuèláiyuè
越来越
shǎo
  
,
fāng
地方
yuèláiyuè
越来越
qíong
  

The population here is getting smaller and the places are getting poorer.

3
Lái
zhōngguó
中国
qián
以前
kàn
le
duō
许多
guān
关于
zhōngguó
中国
de
shū
  
,
zhí
一直
wéi
以为
zhōngguó
中国
nóngcūn
农村
hěn
luòhòu
落后
hěn
qíong
  

I read a lot of books about China before I came to China, I always thought that the countryside was very backward and very poor.

4
shí
其实
men
我们
cūn
qián
以前
quèshí
确实
hěn
qíong
  
,
zhè
nián
cái
yǒu
le
biànhuà
变化
  

In fact, our village used to be really poor, only changed in recent years.

5
chūshēng
出生
1929
1929
nián
  
,
jiā
家里
hěn
qíong
  
,
shàngxué
上学
hěn
róng
容易
  
,
suǒ
所以
xué
学习
刻苦
  
,
chéng
成绩
yōu
优异
  

He was born in 1929, his family is very poor, school is not easy, so study hard, excellent results.