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主观

zhǔ guān

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 主觀

主观 (zhǔ guān) means "subjective". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 主观 means

1. subjective

The characters in 主观

• 主zhǔowner; master; host
• 观guānto look at; to watch; to observe

Example sentences

• 这真的是主观的。
  It's really a matter of opinion.
• 他写文章写得很主观。
  Tā xiě wénzhāng xiě dehěn zhǔguān.
  His writing is very subjective.
• 我们看东西不是看其实质，而是以我们的主观意识看它们的。
  Wǒmen kàn dōngxi bù shì kàn qíshí zhì, érshì yǐ wǒmen de zhǔguān yìshí kàn tāmen de.
  We don't see things as they are, but as we are.

Words starting with 主观

• 主观主义zhǔ guān zhǔ yìsubjectivism

Where 主观 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Argument, Debate & Advocacy (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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