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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 穷苦

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
穷苦 qióng kǔ - impoverished
- destitute

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 22,404 36,017 28,253

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
穷 qióng- poor
- destitute
- to use up
- to exhaust
- thoroughly
- extremely
- (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
苦 kǔ- bitter
- hardship
- pain
- to suffer
- to bring suffering to
- painstakingly

Other Words Containing 穷苦

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
穷苦 - - 22,404 36,017 28,253