pín

poor, impoverished, needy

DEFINITIONS

  • poor, impoverished, needy
  • poor
  • inadequate
  • deficient
  • garrulous

WORDS

問苦 fǎng pín wèn kǔ to visit the poor and ask about their suffering (idiom)
下中農 pín xià zhōng nóng (category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants)
不足恥 pín bù zú chǐ it is no disgrace to be poor (idiom)
乏 pín fá impoverished; lacking; deficient; limited; meager; impoverishment; lack; deficiency
僧 pín sēng poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself)
嘴 pín zuǐ talkative; garrulous; loquacious; flippant; jocular
嘴滑舌 pín zuǐ huá shé garrulous and sharp-tongued
嘴薄舌 pín zuǐ bó shé garrulous and sharp-tongued
困 pín kùn impoverished; poverty
困地區 pín kùn dì qū poor region; impoverished area
困率 pín kùn lǜ poverty rate
富 pín fù poor and rich
富差距 pín fù chā jù disparity between rich and poor
寒 pín hán poor; poverty-stricken; impoverished
弱 pín ruò poor and feeble
民 pín mín poor people
民區 pín mín qū slum area; ghetto
民窟 pín mín kū slum housing
氣 pín qì mean; stingy; garrulous
油 pín yóu poor in oil
油國 pín yóu guó country poor in oil
液 pín yè waste liquid; liquid with precipitate skimmed off
無立錐 pín wú lì zhuī not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destitute
無立錐之地 pín wú lì zhuī zhī dì not even enough land to stand an awl (idiom); absolutely destitute
病交加 pín bìng jiāo jiā poverty compounded by ill health (idiom)