贫富

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 社会贫富差距很大。▶ —
   The gap between rich and poor in society is wide.
2. 不论贫富，人人平等。▶ —
   Rich or poor, all people are equal.

Collocations

Mnemonic

贫 pín "poor" + 富 fù "rich": poor and rich bound together, i.e. rich and poor, wealth disparity. Same as the Korean word bin-bu (貧富). It pairs the antonyms 贫 and 富 to name poor people and rich, or the gap between them (贫富差距 the wealth gap, 不分贫富 regardless of wealth). A contrast word joining the 贫 of 贫困 and the 富 of 富裕. 贫 means "poor" (贫穷); 富 means "rich" (富裕). A social-disparity term alongside 阶级 and 阶层.

Related

Quick check

1. What is the relation of the characters in 贫富?

   • 贫 "poor" ↔ 富 "rich", antonyms
   • both "poor"
   • both "rich"
   • same sound only