穷 (qióng) means Poor (exhausted). Below are 8 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他小时候家里很 穷 。
Tā xiǎo shíhou jiā lǐ hěn qióng.
His family was poor when he was small.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 穷
这个地区以前很 穷 。
Zhège dìqū yǐqián hěn qióng.
This area used to be very poor.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 穷
知识的威力是无 穷 的。
Zhīshi de wēilì shì wúqióng de.
The power of knowledge is boundless.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 威力
宇宙的奥秘无 穷 无尽。
Yǔzhòu de àomì wúqióngwújìn.
The mysteries of the universe are endless.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 无穷无尽
他的问题好像无 穷 无尽。
Tā de wèntí hǎoxiàng wúqióngwújìn.
His questions seem endless.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 无穷无尽
人 穷 志不 穷 ，要有志气。
Rén qióng zhì bù qióng, yào yǒu zhìqì.
Poor in purse but not in spirit — one must have ambition.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 志气
新的技术层出不 穷 ，学也学不完。
Xīn de jìshù céng chū bù qióng, xué yě xué bu wán.
New technologies keep appearing faster than one can learn them.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 层出不穷
这类问题层出不 穷 ，必须从制度上解决。
Zhè lèi wèntí céng chū bù qióng, bìxū cóng zhìdù shang jiějué.
Problems like this keep cropping up and must be solved at the level of the system.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 层出不穷
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Words that contain 穷
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 穷
How is 穷 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 穷 (qióng, "Poor (exhausted)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 穷 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 穷 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 穷 an HSK word?
Yes — 穷 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 穷?
The dictionary page for 穷 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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