# 贫困 (pínkùn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 贫困 (pínkùn) means “poor; impoverished”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: poor; impoverished
- Pinyin: pínkùn (pin2 kun4)
- Traditional: 貧困
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他们帮助了很多贫困家庭。
  Tāmen bāngzhù le hěn duō pínkùn jiātíng.
  They helped many impoverished families.

## Characters

- 贫 (pín): poor; inadequate
- [困](https://hanziro.com/word/kun-sleepy-tired/) (kùn): sleepy, tired; stranded

https://hanziro.com/word/pin-kun-poor/

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