# 贫穷 (pínqióng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 贫穷 (pínqióng) means “poor; impoverished; poverty”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: poor; impoverished; poverty
- Pinyin: pínqióng (pin2 qiong2)
- Traditional: 貧窮
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 教育能帮助人们摆脱贫穷。
  Jiàoyù néng bāngzhù rénmen bǎituō pínqióng.
  Education can help people escape poverty.

## Characters

- 贫 (pín): poor; inadequate
- [穷](https://hanziro.com/word/qiong-poor/) (qióng): poor; destitute

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

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