穷人
HSK 4 (2021)
穷人 (qióngrén) · poor people
穷人 (qióngrén) means “poor people; the poor”. It is written with 2 characters: 穷 (poor) + 人 (person). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 穷人 is built
The characters
穷 qióng · poor
What 穷 is made of
- 穴xué — cave
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 八bā — eight
- 宀 — roof
- 力lì — strength
- 丿 — falling stroke
人 rén · person
What 人 is made of
人 is not built from smaller parts; it is written with 2 strokes.
Origin hint: The legs of a human being (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他经常帮助穷人。Tā jīngcháng bāngzhù qióngrén.He often helps poor people.
这里的穷人多吗？Zhèlǐ de qióngrén duō ma?Are there many poor people here?
Questions about 穷人
What does 穷人 mean?
穷人 (qióngrén) means “poor people; the poor”.
How do you pronounce 穷人?
穷人 is pronounced qióngrén.
Which HSK level is 穷人?
穷人 is in HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 层出不穷céngchūbùqióngto emerge one after another
- 无穷无尽wúqióngwújìnendless
- 穷qióngpoor
- 别人biérenother people
- 病人bìngrénpatient
- 工人gōngrénworker
- 家人jiārénfamily members
- 老人lǎorénold person
- 男人nánrénman
- 女人nǚrenwoman
Learn 穷人 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 90: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.