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+ is only found in HSK 5.
+ forms words in:
HSK 1, HSK 2, HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5 and HSK 6. CLICK HERE to see them all.
+ forms words in:
HSK 1, HSK 2, HSK 3, HSK 4, HSK 5 and HSK 6. CLICK HERE to see them all.
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Stroke Order & Character Components
简 (jiǎn): simple; uncomplicated; letter; to choose; to select; bamboo strips used for writing (old)
- ⺮(shì): bamboo
- 间(jiān): between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms
要 (yào): to demand; to request; to coerce
- 覀 (xī): lid
- 女 (nǚ): woman
Links to all HSK Words & Lists Containing 简
HSK 3 Word List
- 简单(jiǎn dān): simple; not complicated
HSK 5 Word List
- 简历(jiǎn lì): Curriculum Vitae (CV); résumé (resume); biographical notes
- 简直(jiǎn zhí): simply; at all; practically
HSK 6 Word List
- 简化(jiǎn huà): simplify
- 简陋(jiǎn lòu): simple and crude (of a room or building)
- 简体字(jiǎn tǐzì): simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁体字(fán tǐ zì)
- 简要(jiǎn yào): concise; brief
- 精简(jīng jiǎn): to simplify; to reduce
Links to all HSK Words & Lists Containing 要
HSK 2 Word List
- 要(yào): to want; will; going to (as future auxiliary); important; vital; may; must
HSK 3 Word List
- 需要(xū yào): to need; to want; to demand; needs; to require
- 要求(yāo qiú): to request; to require; to stake a claim; to ask; to demand; CL: 点(diǎn)
- 重要(zhòng yào): important; significant; major
- 主要(zhǔ yào): main; principal; major; primary
HSK 4 Word List
- 要是(yào shi): if
- 只要(zhǐyào): if only; so long as
HSK 5 Word List
- 必要(bì yào): necessary; essential; indispensable; required
- 不要紧(bú yào jǐn): unimportant; not serious; it doesn’t matter; never mind; it looks all right; but
- 次要(cì yào): secondary
- 要不(yào bù): otherwise; or; or else; how about…? (one choice or the other); either this, or else…
HSK 6 Word List
- 纪要(jì yào): minutes; written summary of a meeting
- 简要(jiǎn yào): concise; brief
- 首要(shǒu yào): the most important; of chief importance
- 要点(yào diǎn): main point; essential
- 要命(yào mìng): to cause somebody’s death; very; extremely; frightening; annoying
- 要素(yào sù): essential factor; key constituent
- 摘要(zhāi yào): summary; abstract
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