pín fá

Traditional: 貧乏

贫乏 (pín fá) is a Chinese word meaning “impoverished; lacking; deficient”.

Meanings

  1. 1impoverished
  2. 2lacking
  3. 3deficient
  4. 4limited
  5. 5meager
  6. 6impoverishment
  7. 7lack
  8. 8deficiency

Characters in 贫乏

贫pín · poor乏fá · short of

Related words

缺乏to lack; to be short of乏味tedious贫穷poor贫困impoverished贫民窟slum housing贫民区slum area贫血anemia贫poor贫民poor people一贫如洗(idiom) penniless; destitute乏short of匮乏to be deficient in sth

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