贫穷

Traditional form:

貧窮

Pinyin (reading):

pínqióng

Definitions:

• poor
• impoverished

Characters:

• 贫 - poor, needy, impoverished; lacking
• 穷 - poor, destitute; to exhaust

Traditional characters:

• 貧 - poor, needy, impoverished; lacking
• 窮 - poor, destitute; to exhaust