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善于

shàn yú

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

善于 (shàn yú) means "to be good at (doing sth)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 善于 means

1. to be good at; to be adept at

The characters in 善于

• 善shàngood (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed
• 于yúto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle

Example sentences

• 你善于滑雪吗？
  Nǐ shànyú huáxuě ma?
  Are you good at skiing?
• 她很善于砍价。
  Tā hěn shànyú kǎnjià.
  She's good at bargaining the price down.
• 汤姆善于动手。
  Tom is very good at doing things with his hands.
• 她善于处理儿童。
  Tā shànyú chǔlǐ értóng.
  She's good at handling children.
• 他不善于记人名。
  He's not good at remembering names.
• 他善于在青年中识拔人才。
  He is good at spotting young talent.

Sounds the same

Read shàn yú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 鳝鱼eel

Where 善于 is taught

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

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shàn yú correctly.
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