贫
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pín · poor, needy, impoverished

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8Total strokes

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Top-bottomCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 贫

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pínWords pronounced pín
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Example sentences

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Tā zěn me zài zhè yàng de pín kùn zhōng móu shēng?他怎么在这样的贫困中谋生?

How did he make his living in such poverty?

Source: Tatoeba #336965 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Rì běn zì rán zī yuán pín fá.日本自然资源贫乏。

Japan is poor in natural resources.

Source: Tatoeba #343934 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Pín qióng de bú shì yōng yǒu tài shǎo de rén, ér shì xiǎng yào tài duō de rén.贫穷的不是拥有太少的人,而是想要太多的人。

Poor is not the one who has too little, but the one who wants too much.

Source: Tatoeba #334183 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Ā ěr jí lì yà réng guó jìng pín kùn.阿尔及利亚仍国境贫困。

Algeria is still poor.

Source: Tatoeba #8969803 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ shòu gòu le nǐ de fǎn kē xué pín qióng.我受够了你的反科学贫穷。

I've had enough of your anti-science poverty.

Source: Tatoeba #10789641 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ gèng yuàn yì pín qióng ér bú shì fù yù.我更愿意贫穷而不是富裕。

I prefer being poor to being rich.

Source: Tatoeba #1366060 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 贫 in context

  1. Say pín, then recall the core meaning: poor, needy, impoverished.
  2. Write all 8 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Use it in 贫困 (pín kùn), meaning “impoverished”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 贫 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.