穷
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poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 穴 +2
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 穷
- Common rank
- #964
- Unicode
- U+7A77
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Words with 穷
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 力大无穷 | extraordinary strength; super strong; strong as an ox | |
| 一穷二白 | impoverished; backward both economically and culturally | |
| 无穷大 | (math.) infinity; infinite | |
| 无穷小 | (math.) infinitesimal; infinitely small | |
| 层出不穷 | more and more emerge; innumerable succession; breeding like flies (idiom) | |
| 穷在闹市无人问，富在深山有远亲 | the poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest moun… | |
| 无穷远点 | point at infinity (math.); infinitely distant point | |
| 穷山恶水 | lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom); fig. inhospitable natural environment | |
| 正无穷 | (math.) positive infinity | |
| 山穷水尽 | mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line; nowhere to go | |
| 无穷无尽 | (idiom) endless; boundless; infinite | |
| 其乐不穷 | boundless joy | |
| 其乐无穷 | boundless joy | |
| 穷家富路 | (idiom) at home be frugal, but when traveling be prepared to spend | |
| 无穷集 | infinite set (math.) | |
| 穷二代 | those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s; see also 富二代[fu4… | |
| 穷酸相 | wretched look; shabby looks | |
| 回味无穷 | to have a rich aftertaste; (fig.) memorable; to linger in one's memory | |
| 不穷 | endless; boundless; inexhaustible | |
| 穷人 | poor people; the poor |