穷 qióng

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Traditional form

窮 qióng

Contains the radical

穴 xué

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Positional decomposition

⿱穴力

Explanation

Simplified form of 窮 qióng . Phonosemantic compound. 身 shēn represents the meaning and 穹 qióng represents the sound.

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“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”

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乔 qiáo 并不比他 tā 的 de 朋友 péngyou 富 Fù .[乔 qiáo 和 hé 他的朋友一样 yīyàng 穷 qióng .](比较 bǐjiào :Joewas notricher thanhisfriend.乔 qiáo 比不上 bǐ bù shàng 他的朋友富. )

Joe was no richer than his friend.

谈到 tán dào 租 zū 小 xiǎo 些 xiē 的 de 公寓 gōngyù ,听 yǐn 起来 qǐlai 像 xiàng 是 shì 要 yāo 受 shòu 穷 qióng 了 le .

Talk of a smaller flat sounded like poverty.

达夫尼 ní 被 bèi 阿波罗 Ā bō luó 穷追不舍,最后 zuìhòu 被 bèi 变成 biàn chéng 一 yī 棵 kē 桂 guì 树 shù .

Daphne was pursued by Apollo and was at last changed into a laurel tree.

穷人 qióng rén 经常 jīngcháng 饿 è 肚子 dùzi .

Poor people often go hungry.

他 tā 曾 Zēng 饱尝 bǎo cháng 贫穷 pín qióng 之 zhī 苦 kǔ .

He is no stranger to poverty.

Explore 18 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 穷 qióng in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
穷 qióng	poor	窮 qióng
穷人 qióng rén	poor people	窮人
贫穷 pín qióng	poor	貧窮
无穷 wú qióng	endless	無窮
层出不穷 céngchūbùqióng	more and more emerge	層出不窮
穷困 qióng kùn	destitute	窮困
无穷无尽 wúqióngwújìn	endless	無窮無盡
穷光蛋 qióng guāng dàn	poor wretch	窮光蛋
穷苦 qióng kǔ	impoverished	窮苦
穷尽 qióng jìn	to use up	窮盡
回味无穷 huí wèi wú qióng	(fig.) memorable	回味無窮
其乐无穷 qí lè wú qióng	boundless joy	其樂無窮
黔驴技穷 Qián lǘ jì qióng	to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)	黔驢技窮
山穷水尽 shān qióng shuǐ jìn	nowhere to go	山窮水盡
穷国 qióng guó	poor country	窮國
穷乡僻壤 qióng xiāng pì rǎng	a remote and desolate place	窮鄉僻壤
一穷二白 yī qióng èr bái	impoverished	一窮二白
穷追 qióng zhuī	to pursue relentlessly	窮追