窮

qióng

poor, destitute, impoverished

How to write 窮, stroke by stroke

poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly

Pictophonetic: semantic 穴 (cave), phonetic 躬

Made of 穴 + 躬

窮人qióng rénpoor people; the poor
貧窮pín qióngpoor; impoverished
無窮wú qióngendless; boundless; inexhaustible
窮光蛋qióng guāng dànpoor wretch; pauper; destitute man; poverty-stricken peasant; penniless good-for-nothing; impecunious vagabond
窮苦qióng kǔimpoverished; destitute
窮追不捨qióng zhuī bù shěto pursue relentlessly
無窮無盡wú qióng wú jìn(idiom) endless; boundless; infinite
不窮bù qióngendless; boundless; inexhaustible
受窮shòu qióngpoor
哭窮kū qióngto bewail one's poverty; to complain about being hard up; to pretend to be poor
固窮gù qióngto endure poverty stoically
有窮yǒu qióngexhaustible; limited; finite

他的客人多是窮人。
tā de kè rén duō shì qióng rén 。
The majority of his clientele are poor people.
不要因為他窮就看不起他。
bú yào yīn wéi tā qióng jiù kàn bù qǐ tā 。
Don't look down on him merely because he is poor.
很多貧窮的學生得到會計科。
hěn duō pín qióng de xué shēng dé dào kuài jì kē 。
Many poor students are given bursaries.
她很窮，但是她很快樂。
tā hěn qióng ， dàn shì tā hěn kuài lè 。
She is poor, but she is happy.
子女是窮人的財富。
zǐ nǚ shì qióng rén de cái fù 。
Children are poor men's riches.