穷苦

Traditional form:

窮苦

Pinyin (reading):

qióngkǔ

Definitions:

• impoverished
• destitute

Characters:

• 穷 - poor, destitute; to exhaust
• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering

Traditional characters:

• 窮 - poor, destitute; to exhaust
• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering