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冲动

chōng dòng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 衝動

冲动 (chōng dòng) means "impulsive; an urge". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 冲动 means

1. to have an urge
2. to be impetuous
3. impulse
4. urge

The characters in 冲动

• 冲chōng(of water) to dash against; to mix with water; to infuse
• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace

Example sentences

• 冲动是魔鬼。
  Chōngdòng shì móguǐ.
  Impulsiveness is the devil.
• 他叫自己的妻子不要冲动购物。
  Tā jiào zìjǐ de qīzi bù yàochōng dòng gòuwù.
  He told his wife not to buy on impulse.

Words containing 冲动

• 性冲动xìng chōng dòngsex drive

Where 冲动 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · chì–chōu (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 chōng dòng correctly.
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