穷

Meaning(adjective, adverb, vocab.word.pos.g)

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

Opposite: 富 (rich).

Examples

• 他小时候家里很穷。

  tā xiǎo shí hòu jiā lǐ hěn qióng.

  His family was very poor when he was a child.

• 这个村子以前很穷，现在富了。

  zhè ge cūn zǐ yǐ qián hěn qióng, xiàn zài fù le.

  This village used to be poor; now it's well-off.

• 我是个穷学生，买不起这么贵的手机。

  wǒ shì gè qióng xué shēng, mǎi bù qǐ zhè me guì de shǒu jī.

  I'm a poor student; I can't afford such an expensive phone.

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