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喷泉

pēn quán

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 噴泉

喷泉 (pēn quán) means "fountain". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 喷泉 means

1. fountain

The characters in 喷泉

• 喷pēnto spout; to spurt; to spray; to puff; (slang) to criticize scathingly (esp. online)
• 泉quánspring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic)

Example sentences

• 喷泉在那里。
  Pēnquán zài nàli.
  The fountain is over there.
• 水从喷泉中涌出，在溪流中向下流，在溪涧中奔走，在池塘中安定，在河流中顺势流，在漩涡中回旋，并形成沼泽。
  Water springs out of a fountain, flows downwards in a brook, runs in a beck, stands in a pond, glides in the stream, is whirled about in a whirlpool and causes fens.

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