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冒险

mào xiǎn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 冒險

冒险 (mào xiǎn) means "to take risks". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 冒险 means

1. to take risks
2. to take chances
3. foray
4. adventure

The characters in 冒险

• 冒màoto emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; (bound form) reckless
• 险xiǎndanger; dangerous; rugged

Example sentences

• 不要冒险。
  Don't run risks.
• 他喜欢冒险。
  He likes adventure.
• 我渴望冒险。
  I've a yen for adventures.
• 我们都在冒险。
  Wǒmen dōu zài màoxiǎn.
  We're all at risk.
• 他天生热爱冒险。
  He has an innate love of adventure.
• 每一页都是冒险。
  Each page is an adventure.

Words starting with 冒险

• 冒险家mào xiǎn jiāadventurer
• 冒险者mào xiǎn zhěadventurer
• 冒险主义mào xiǎn zhǔ yìadventurism (a left-wing error against Mao's line during the 1930s)

Words containing 冒险

• 真心话大冒险Zhēn xīn huà Dà Mào xiǎnThe Moment of Truth (TV show); Truth or Dare (game)

Where 冒险 is taught

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

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read mào xiǎn correctly.
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