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典型

diǎn xíng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

典型 (diǎn xíng) means "model". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 典型 means

1. model
2. typical case
3. archetype
4. typical
5. representative

The characters in 典型

• 典diǎncanon; law; standard work of scholarship
• 型xíngmold; type; style

Example sentences

• 这是典型的。
  This is typical.
• 他是典型的日本人。
  Tā shì diǎnxíng de Rìběnrén.
  He is a typical Japanese.
• 他们是典型的年轻人。
  Tāmen shì diǎnxíng de niánqīngrén.
  They're typical young people.
• 这个政客是典型的香槟社会主义者。
  Zhège zhèngkè shì diǎnxíng de xiāngbīn shèhuìzhǔyìzhě.
  This politician is a typical champagne socialist.
• 这种奇怪的情况是我对中的印象的典型。
  Zhèzhǒng qíguài de qíngkuàng shì wǒ duì zhōng de yìnxiàng de diǎnxíng.
  This kind of strange situation typifies my impressions of China.

Words starting with 典型

• 典型化diǎn xíng huàstereotype; exemplar; typification
• 典型登革热diǎn xíng dēng gé rèdengue fever
• 典型用途diǎn xíng yòng tútypical use; typical application

Words containing 典型

• 非典型肺炎fēi diǎn xíng fèi yánatypical pneumonia; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; SARS

Where 典型 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · dēng–dǐ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read diǎn xíng correctly.
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