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主张

zhǔ zhāng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 主張 Measure word 个

主张 (zhǔ zhāng) means "to advocate; a stance". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 主张 means

1. to advocate
2. to stand for
3. view
4. position
5. stand
6. proposition
7. viewpoint
8. assertion

The characters in 主张

• 主zhǔowner; master; host
• 张zhāngto open up; to spread; sheet of paper

Example sentences

• 中国主张钓鱼岛的主权。
  Zhōngguó zhǔzhāng Diàoyú Dǎo de zhǔquán.
  China is an advocate for the Diaoyu Islands' sovereignty.
• 这些主张没有科学的根据。
  Zhèxiē zhǔzhāng méiyǒu kēxué de gēnjù.
  There is no scientific basis for these claims.

Words containing 主张

• 自作主张zì zuò zhǔ zhāng(idiom) to act on one's own; to decide for oneself

Where 主张 is taught

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

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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