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动静

dòng jìng

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

动静 (dòng jìng) means "(detectable) movement; (sign of) activity; movement and stillness". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 动静 means

1. (detectable) movement; (sign of) activity
2. movement and stillness

The characters in 动静

• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace
• 静jìngstill; calm; quiet

Example sentences

• 在丽玛闹出更大的动静之前，齐莉赶紧把她赶出了餐厅。
  Ziri rushed Rima out of the restaurant before she made a bigger scene.

Where 动静 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · dīng–dōng (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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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dòng jìng correctly.
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