HSK 6 · Money

贫困 pínkùn “poor” in Chinese

Traditional 貧困

What 贫困 means

  1. poor
  2. impoverished
  3. poverty

How to say 贫困

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale贫pín2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale困kùn4th tone, falling

贫困 in a sentence

  1. 这个政策的目的是改善最贫困城市的环境。

    Zhè ge zhèngcè de mùdì shì gǎishàn zuì pínkùn chéngshì de huánjìng.

    The aim of this policy is to improve the environment in the poorest cities.

    Sentence #814138 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 我也是从农村出来的，对贫困有着切身感受。

    Wǒ yě shì cóng nóngcūn chūlai de, duì pínkùn yǒu zhe qièshēn gǎnshòu.

    I grew up in the countryside too, so I know poverty first-hand.

    Sentence #14059832 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他怎么在这样的贫困中谋生？

    Tā zěnme zài zhèyàng de pínkùn zhōng móushēng?

    How did he make a living in such poverty?

    Sentence #336965 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 贫困 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 贫 (pín) with each of its parts in a different colour
贫pínpoor
  • 分to divide · fēn
  • 贝sea shell · bèi
The character 困 (kùn) with each of its parts in a different colour
困kùnto trap
  • 囗enclosure · wéi
  • 木tree · mù

How to write 贫困

贫 8 strokes · 困 7 strokes

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贫困 (pínkùn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 贫困 (pínkùn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 贫困

Words with 贫

贫乏pínfá · lacking

Words with 困

困kùn · to trap困难kùnnan · difficult

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FAQs

贫困 (pínkùn) means “poor” or “impoverished”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it pínkùn: pín with a 2nd tone, then kùn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 贫困 is written 貧困. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pinkun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 贫困 from the suggestions. Typing pinkun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
贫困 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.