qióng

poor; destitute; thoroughly

Character data

Radical ⽳ (116.10)
Strokes 15
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

窮 qióng
  1. 1. poor
  2. 2. destitute
  3. 3. thoroughly
  4. 4. extremely
  5. 5. to use up
  6. 6. to exhaust
  7. 7. (coll.) persistently and pointlessly

Words containing 窮

Word Meaning
point at infinity (math.); infinitely distant point
infinite set (math.)
without a leg to stand on
short, ugly and poor man; loser in love
poor people; the poor
pauper; destitute man; poor wretch
militaristic; bellicose
hard times push people to change
to be short of sth; to be wanting in sth
destitute; wretched poverty
poor country
people respect the rich, ignore the poor
extravagant in the extreme (idiom)
to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance
destitute; poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom)
cornered enemy
fig. inhospitable natural environment
the working poor
to think hard (idiom); to give sth much thought
destitute; troubled; penniless and full of care
in dire straits; destitute and troubled
to jiggle (one's leg etc); to shake uncontrollably
to struggle to cope (with a situation)
destitute; the poor (traditional); poor but spirited person