穷

qióng · qiong

Traditional 窮

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. poor
  2. destitute
  3. to use up
  4. to exhaust
  5. thoroughly
  6. extremely
  7. (coll.) persistently and pointlessly

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)穷(qióng),但(dàn)是(shì)很(hěn)快(kuài)乐(lè)。

We are poor, but we are happy.

Tatoeba: Chinese by liuzhongjun · English by smarisbird · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)虽(suī)然(rán)穷(qióng),但(dàn)生(shēng)活(huó)却(què)过(guò)得(de)很(hěn)快(kuài)乐(lè)。

Even though he was poor, he was happy.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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