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何况

hé kuàng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 何況

何况 (hé kuàng) means "let alone; to say nothing of; besides". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 何况 means

1. let alone
2. to say nothing of
3. besides
4. what's more

The characters in 何况

• 何héwhat; how; why
• 况kuàngmoreover; situation

Example sentences

• 宝宝连走都不会，更何况是跑。
  The baby can't walk, much less run.

Where 何况 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Necessity, Obligation & Avoidance (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 hé kuàng correctly.
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