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乐观

lè guān

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

乐观 (lè guān) means "optimistic". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 乐观 means

1. optimistic; hopeful

The characters in 乐观

• 乐lèhappy; cheerful; to laugh
• 观guānto look at; to watch; to observe

Example sentences

• 我生性乐观。
  Wǒ shēngxìng lèguān.
  I am an optimist by nature.
• 汤姆不会乐观。
  Tom won't be optimistic.
• 我认为汤姆乐观。
  I think Tom is optimistic.
• 我不像你那么乐观。
  Wǒ bù xiàng nǐ nàme lèguān.
  I am not as optimistic as you are.
• 我没有你那么乐观。
  Wǒ méiyǒu nǐ nàme lèguān.
  I'm not as optimistic as you are.
• 你是个乐观主义者。
  Nǐ shì ge lèguān zhǔyì zhě.
  You're an optimist.

Words starting with 乐观

• 乐观主义lè guān zhǔ yìoptimism
• 乐观其成lè guān qí chéngto look favorably on sth; would be glad to see it happen

Where 乐观 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Personal Qualities & Character (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.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lè guān correctly.
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