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与其

yǔ qí

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 與其

与其 (yǔ qí) means "rather than...". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 与其 means

1. rather than... (used in expressions of the form {与其|yǔ qí} + {verb1} + {不如|bù rú} + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}")

The characters in 与其

• 与yǔ(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with…
• 其qíhis; her; its

Example sentences

• 与其喝可乐，倒不如喝香槟。
  Instead of drinking cola, why not drink champagne?
• 你是想将我与其联系起来吗？
  Did you mean to link me that?
• 与其向命运妥协，我宁可自杀。
  Yǔqí xiàng mìngyùn tuǒxié, wǒ nìngkě zìshā.
  I would rather kill myself than reconcile myself to my fate.
• 与其向命运妥协，我㝉可自杀。
  I would rather kill myself than reconcile myself to my fate.
• 与其说汤姆诚实，不如说他聪明。
  Tom is more clever than honest.
• 与其说他有智慧，不如说他聪明。
  He is more clever than wise.

Where 与其 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Advantage, Leisure & Grace (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yǔ qí correctly.
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