穷
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poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
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Dict coverage rank #964 U+7A77
How 穷 is formed
How to remember it
poor · Heisig RSH #2357
穴 hole + muscle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 穷
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 力大无穷 | lì dà wú qióng | extraordinary strength; super strong; strong as an ox |
| 一穷二白 | yī qióng èr bái | impoverished; backward both economically and culturally |
| 无穷大 | wú qióng dà | (math.) infinity; infinite |
| 无穷小 | wú qióng xiǎo | (math.) infinitesimal; infinitely small |
| 层出不穷 | céng chū bù qióng | more and more emerge; innumerable succession; breeding like flies (idiom) |
| 穷在闹市无人问，富在深山有远亲 | qióng zài nào shì wú rén wèn , fù zài shēn shān yǒu yuǎn qīn | the poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest moun… |
| 无穷远点 | wú qióng yuǎn diǎn | point at infinity (math.); infinitely distant point |
| 穷山恶水 | qióng shān è shuǐ | lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom); fig. inhospitable natural environment |
| 正无穷 | zhèng wú qióng | (math.) positive infinity |
| 山穷水尽 | shān qióng shuǐ jìn | mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line; nowhere to go |
| 无穷无尽 | wú qióng wú jìn | (idiom) endless; boundless; infinite |
| 其乐不穷 | qí lè bù qióng | boundless joy |
| 其乐无穷 | qí lè wú qióng | boundless joy |
| 穷家富路 | qióng jiā fù lù | (idiom) at home be frugal, but when traveling be prepared to spend |
| 无穷集 | wú qióng jí | infinite set (math.) |
| 穷二代 | qióng èr dài | those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s; see also 富二代[fu4… |
| 穷酸相 | qióng suān xiàng | wretched look; shabby looks |
| 回味无穷 | huí wèi wú qióng | to have a rich aftertaste; (fig.) memorable; to linger in one's memory |
| 不穷 | bù qióng | endless; boundless; inexhaustible |
| 穷人 | qióng rén | poor people; the poor |