qióng

Traditional: 窮

HSK 4

穷 (qióng) is a Chinese word meaning “poor; destitute; to use up”.

Meanings

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

Related words

穷人poor people贫穷poor无穷endless穷困destitute穷光蛋poor wretch穷追不舍to pursue relentlessly穷苦impoverished无穷无尽(idiom) endless; boundless; infinite穷鬼(vulgar) impoverished person; the poor穷凶极恶fiendish黔驴技穷to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)穷尽to use up

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