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合格

hé gé

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

合格 (hé gé) means "to meet the standard required". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 合格 means

1. to meet the standard required
2. qualified
3. eligible (voter etc)

The characters in 合格

• 合héto close; to join; to fit
• 格gésquare; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit)…

Example sentences

• 她是个合格的护士。
  Tā shì gè hégé de hùshi.
  She is qualified as a nurse.
• 没有合格的申请人吗？
  Méiyǒu hégé de shēnqǐngrén ma?
  Aren't there any qualified applicants?
• 我以为他一定会考试合格。
  I took it for granted that he would pass the exam.
• 50个申请人中有20个不合格。
  There were 20 failures among 50 applicants.
• 他这次测验不合格可不是开玩笑的。
  Tā zhè cì cèyàn bù hégé kěbushì kāiwánxiào de.
  His failing the test is no laughing matter.
• 如果你想考试合格的话，就要努力温习了。
  You'll have to work hard if you want to pass the exam.

Words starting with 合格

• 合格证hé gé zhèngcertificate of conformity

Words containing 合格

• 综合格斗zōng hé gé dòumixed martial arts (MMA)

Where 合格 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Descriptions & quality (HSK 4), 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 4 word, with the rest of its level.
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