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凳子

dèng zi

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

凳子 (dèng zi) means "stool; small seat". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 凳子 means

1. stool
2. small seat

The characters in 凳子

• 凳dèngbench; stool
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 猫在凳子上还是凳子下？
  Māo zài dèngzi shàng háishi dèngzi xià?
  Is the cat on or under the chair?
• 站在这个凳子上的话，你可以摸到衣柜顶。
  Zhàn zài zhège dèngzi shàng dehuà, nǐ kěyǐ mō dào yīguì dǐng.
  If you stand on this stool, you can reach the top of the closet.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dèng zi correctly.
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