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十足

shí zú

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

十足 (shí zú) means "ample". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 十足 means

1. ample
2. complete
3. hundred percent
4. a pure shade (of some color)

The characters in 十足

• 十shíten; 10
• 足zú(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully

Example sentences

• 他看上去是个十足的绅士。
  Tā kànshangqu shì ge shízú de shēnshì.
  He looks every inch a gentleman.
• 我的邻居是个十足的洁癖。
  Wǒ de línjū shì gè shízú de jiépǐ.
  My neighbor's a real mysophobe.
• 他看上去是一个十足的绅士。
  Tā kànshangqu shì yī gè shízú de shēnshì.
  He looks every inch a gentleman.
• 这款车采用了未来科技感十足的引擎。
  This car uses a futuristic engine.

Words containing 十足

• 星相十足xīng xiāng shí zú(colloquial) to look every bit the big star

Sounds the same

Read shí zú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 实足full; complete; all of

Where 十足 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shèng–shí (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 shí zú correctly.
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