贫 (pín) means Poor (poverty - impoverished). Below are 9 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
他的词汇比较 贫 乏。
Tā de cíhuì bǐjiào pínfá.
His vocabulary is rather poor.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 贫乏
这个地区资源 贫 乏。
Zhège dìqū zīyuán pínfá.
This region is poor in resources.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 贫乏
他出生在一个 贫 困的家庭。
Tā chūshēng zài yí ge pínkùn de jiātíng.
He was born into a poor family.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 贫困
贫 困不是短期就能消灭的。
Pínkùn bú shì duǎnqī jiù néng xiāomiè de.
Poverty cannot be eliminated in the short term.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 消灭
他资助了几十名 贫 困学生。
Tā zīzhù le jǐshí míng pínkùn xuésheng.
He funded dozens of students in need.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 资助
贫 困是许多社会问题的根源。
Pínkùn shì xǔduō shèhuì wèntí de gēnyuán.
Poverty is the root of many social problems.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 根源
教育是摆脱 贫 困的重要途径。
Jiàoyù shì bǎituō pínkùn de zhòngyào tújìng.
Education is an important way out of poverty.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 贫困
他们赞助了几十个 贫 困学生。
Tāmen zànzhù le jǐshí ge pínkùn xuésheng.
They sponsored dozens of students in need.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 赞助
这笔基金专门用于资助 贫 困学生。
Zhè bǐ jījīn zhuānmén yòngyú zīzhù pínkùn xuésheng.
This fund is used specifically to support students in need.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 基金
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Words that contain 贫
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How is 贫 used in a sentence?
This page shows 9 sentences using 贫 (pín, "Poor (poverty - impoverished)"), 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 贫 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 贫 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 贫?
The dictionary page for 贫 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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