| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 寒 | 寒 | hán | - cold - poor - to tremble |
| 寠 | 寠 | jù | - poor - rustic |
| 敝 | 敝 | bì | - my (polite) - poor - ruined - shabby - worn out - defeated |
| 穷 | 窮 | qióng | - exhausted - poor |
| 窭 | 窶 | jù | - poor - rustic |
| 菲 | 菲 | fěi | - poor - humble - unworthy - radish (old) |
| 贫 | 貧 | pín | - poor - inadequate - deficient - garrulous |
| 受穷 | 受窮 | shòuqióng | - poor |
| 差事 | 差事 | chàshì | - poor - not up to standard |
| 清寒 | 清寒 | qīnghán | - poor - underprivileged - (of weather) crisp and clear |
| 稀松 | 稀鬆 | xīsōng | - poor - sloppy - unconcerned - heedless - lax - unimportant - trivial - loose - porous |
| 空匮 | 空匱 | kòngkuì | - scarce - poor |
| 贫寒 | 貧寒 | pínhán | - poor - poverty-stricken - impoverished |
| 贫瘠 | 貧瘠 | pínjí | - barren - infertile - poor |
| 贫穷 | 貧窮 | pínqióng | - poor - impoverished |
| 贫苦 | 貧苦 | pínkǔ | - poverty-stricken - poor |
| 低俗 | 低俗 | dīsú | - vulgar - poor taste |
| 低档 | 低檔 | dīdàng | - low-grade - of low worth or rank - poor quality - inferior |
| 哭穷 | 哭窮 | kūqióng | - to bewail one's poverty - to complain about being hard up - to pretend to be poor |
| 涂鸦 | 塗鴉 | túyā | - graffiti - scrawl - poor calligraphy - to write badly - to scribble |
| 涂鸭 | 塗鴨 | túyā | - variant of 塗鴉|涂鸦[tu2 ya1] - graffiti - scrawl - poor calligraphy - to write badly - to scribble |
| 孤寒 | 孤寒 | gūhán | - alone and poor - humble - (Cantonese) miserly |
| 守拙 | 守拙 | shǒuzhuō | - to remain honest and poor |
| 寒门 | 寒門 | hánmén | - poor and humble family - my family (humble) |
| 差评 | 差評 | chàpíng | - poor evaluation - adverse criticism |
| 扶贫 | 扶貧 | fúpín | - assistance to the poor - poverty alleviation |
| 柴门 | 柴門 | cháimén | - lit. woodcutter's family - humble background - poor family background |
| 歉收 | 歉收 | qiànshōu | - crop failure - poor harvest |
| 清苦 | 清苦 | qīngkǔ | - destitute but honest - poor and simple - spartan - austere |
| 清贫 | 清貧 | qīngpín | - poor but upright - destitute |
| 济贫 | 濟貧 | jìpín | - to help the poor |
| 短空 | 短空 | duǎnkōng | - poor prospects in the short term (finance) |
| 窘迫 | 窘迫 | jiǒngpò | - poverty-stricken - very poor - hard-pressed - in a predicament - embarrassed |
| 穷人 | 窮人 | qióngrén | - poor people - the poor |
| 穷国 | 窮國 | qióngguó | - poor country |
| 荒瘠 | 荒瘠 | huāngjí | - desolate and poor - infertile |
| 蓬户 | 蓬戶 | pénghù | - thatched house - poor person's house - humble home |
| 蓬筚 | 蓬篳 | péngbì | - poor person's house - humble home |
| 蓬荜 | 蓬蓽 | péngbì | - poor person's house - humble home |
| 薄地 | 薄地 | bódì | - barren land - poor soil |
| 薄田 | 薄田 | bótián | - barren field - poor land |
| 贫僧 | 貧僧 | pínsēng | - poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself) |
| 贫富 | 貧富 | pínfù | - poor and rich |
| 贫弱 | 貧弱 | pínruò | - poor and feeble |
| 贫民 | 貧民 | pínmín | - poor people |
| 贫油 | 貧油 | pínyóu | - poor in oil |
| 贫贱 | 貧賤 | pínjiàn | - poor and lowly |
| 贫农 | 貧農 | pínnóng | - poor peasant |
| 贫道 | 貧道 | píndào | - poor Taoist |
| 较差 | 較差 | jiàochā | - mediocre - rather poor - not specially good |
| 长空 | 長空 | chángkōng | - (literary) the vast sky - (finance) eventual downturn - poor prospects in the long term |
| 党参 | 黨參 | dǎngshēn | - poor man's ginseng (Codonopsis pilosula) - codonopsis root (used in TCM) |
| 没水平 | 沒水平 | méishuǐpíng | - disgraceful - poor quality - sub-standard |
| 没水准 | 沒水準 | méishuǐzhǔn | - lacking class - boorish - poor quality - sub-standard |
| 穷光蛋 | 窮光蛋 | qióngguāngdàn | - poor wretch - pauper - destitute man - poverty-stricken peasant - penniless good-for-nothing - impecunious vagabond |
| 穷忙族 | 窮忙族 | qióngmángzú | - the working poor |
| 穷棒子 | 窮棒子 | qióngbàngzi | - poor but spirited person - destitute - the poor (traditional) |
| 贫女诗 | 貧女詩 | pínnǚshī | - Poor Woman, long poem by Tang dynasty poet Qin Taoyu 秦韜玉|秦韬玉[Qin2 Tao1 yu4] |
| 贫雇农 | 貧雇農 | píngùnóng | - poor peasants (in Marxism) |
| 输不起 | 輸不起 | shūbùqǐ | - cannot bear to lose - poor loser (i.e. sb who gets angry on losing) - cannot afford to lose |
| 人穷志短 | 人窮志短 | rénqióngzhìduǎn | - poor and with low expectations - poverty stunts ambition |
| 劫富济贫 | 劫富濟貧 | jiéfùjìpín | - to rob the rich to help the poor |
| 升斗小民 | 升斗小民 | shēngdǒuxiǎomín | - poor people (idiom) - lit. people surviving on 升斗[sheng1 dou3], wretchedly poor ration - in grinding poverty |
| 家徒四壁 | 家徒四壁 | jiātúsìbì | - lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom) - fig. very poor - wretched |
| 家贫如洗 | 家貧如洗 | jiāpínrúxǐ | - extreme poverty (idiom); destitute - penniless - poor as church mice |
| 弯腰驼背 | 彎腰駝背 | wānyāotuóbèi | - slouch - stoop - poor posture |
| 扶弱抑强 | 扶弱抑強 | fúruòyìqiáng | - to support the weak and restrain the strong (idiom); robbing the rich to help the poor |
| 扶贫济困 | 扶貧濟困 | fúpínjìkùn | - to help the poor - almsgiving for the needy - to assist poor households or poor regions |
| 杀富济贫 | 殺富濟貧 | shāfùjìpín | - robbing the rich to help the poor |
| 没吃没穿 | 沒吃沒穿 | méichīméichuān | - to be without food or clothing (idiom) - to be very poor |
| 破瓦寒窑 | 破瓦寒窯 | pòwǎhányáo | - lit. broken tiles, cold hearth; fig. a broken-down house - poor and shabby dwelling |
| 穷家薄业 | 窮家薄業 | qióngjiābóyè | - poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom) - destitute |
| 穷当益坚 | 窮當益堅 | qióngdāngyìjiān | - poor but ambitious (idiom); hard-pressed but determined - the worse one's position, the harder one must fight back |
| 笨嘴拙舌 | 笨嘴拙舌 | bènzuǐzhuōshé | - clumsy in speech - poor speaker |
| 贫困地区 | 貧困地區 | pínkùndìqū | - poor region - impoverished area |
| 贫富差距 | 貧富差距 | pínfùchājù | - disparity between rich and poor |
| 锄强扶弱 | 鋤強扶弱 | chúqiángfúruò | - to root out the strong and support the weak (idiom); to rob the rich and give to the poor |
| 除暴安良 | 除暴安良 | chúbàoānliáng | - to root out the strong and give people peace (idiom); to rob the rich and give to the poor |
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