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勉强

miǎn qiǎng

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

勉强 (miǎn qiǎng) means "to do with difficulty". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 勉强 means

1. to do with difficulty
2. to force sb to do sth
3. reluctant
4. barely enough

The characters in 勉强

• 勉miǎnto exhort; to make an effort
• 强qiángstrong; powerful; better

Example sentences

• 汤姆勉强签了文件。
  Tom reluctantly signed the papers.
• 他勉强地通过了考试。
  He barely passed the examination.
• 他勉强同意了我的建议。
  Tā miǎnqiǎng tóngyì le wǒ de jiànyì.
  He reluctantly agreed to my proposal.
• 她勉强能自己煮晚餐吃。
  Tā miǎnqiǎng néng zìjǐ zhǔ wǎncān chī.
  She was able to cook herself dinner, after a fashion.
• 这些日子我们勉强糊口。
  Zhèxiē rìzi wǒmen miǎnqiǎng húkǒu.
  We lived from hand to mouth in those days.
• 我可以勉强地容忍他的行为。
  Wǒ kěyǐ miǎnqiǎng de róngrěn tā de xíngwéi.
  I can barely stand his behavior.

Where 勉强 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · miǎn–mín (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 miǎn qiǎng correctly.
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