乞丐(qǐ gài) - beggar in Mandarin

乞丐 (qǐgài) means "beggar". 乞 (qǐ) means "to beg" and appears in the related verb 乞讨 (qǐtǎo), "to beg (for money or food)", while 丐 (gài) is a bound character that essentially only exists inside this word.

You meet it most often as a plain description rather than an insult: 街上的乞丐 (jiē shàng de qǐgài), "the beggar on the street", is neutral, factual phrasing, the kind used in a news report or a simple observation about a city.

It is worth knowing alongside 穷 (qióng), "poor", since the two often appear in the same sentence about poverty and homelessness, and 帮助 (bāngzhù), "to help", which is the verb that usually follows when the topic turns to what should be done for 乞丐 (qǐgài) rather than simply describing them.