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刹那

chà nà

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 剎那

刹那 (chà nà) means "an instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 刹那 means

1. an instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye

The characters in 刹那

• 刹chàBuddhist monastery, temple or shrine (abbr. for 刹多罗
• 那nà(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi); (pronoun) that…

Words containing 刹那

• 一刹那yī chà nàa moment; an instant; in a flash

Where 刹那 is taught

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

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