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告别

gào bié

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 告別

告别 (gào bié) means "to bid farewell". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 告别 means

1. to leave; to part from
2. to bid farewell to; to say goodbye to

The characters in 告别

• 告gào(bound form) to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce
• 别biéto leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish…

Example sentences

• 他向学生们告别了。
  Tā xiàng xuéshengmen gàobié le.
  He bade farewell to the students.

Words starting with 告别

• 告别式gào bié shìparting ceremony; funeral

Words containing 告别

• 遗体告别式yí tǐ gào bié shìfuneral

Where 告别 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Vitality, Participation & Social Energy (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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