# 破旧 (pòjiù)

In Mandarin Chinese, 破旧 (pòjiù) means “shabby; worn-out; dilapidated”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: shabby; worn-out; dilapidated
- Pinyin: pòjiù (po4 jiu4)
- Traditional: 破舊
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这座破旧的房子没人住。
  Zhè zuò pòjiù de fángzi méi rén zhù.
  Nobody lives in this shabby house.

## Characters

- [破](https://hanziro.com/word/po-broken/) (pò): broken; to break
- [旧](https://hanziro.com/word/jiu-old/) (jiù): old (not new)

https://hanziro.com/word/po-jiu-shabby/

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