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四周

sì zhōu

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

四周 (sì zhōu) means "all around". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 四周 means

1. all around

The characters in 四周

• 四sìfour; 4
• 周zhōuto make a circuit; to circle; circle

Example sentences

• 她环顾了一下四周。
  Tā huángù le yīxià sìzhōu.
  She looked all around.
• 池溏的四周长满了树木。
  Chí táng de sìzhōu zhǎngmǎn le shùmù.
  The pond was encircled with trees.
• 你在三或四周内就会习惯。
  Nǐ zài sān huò sìzhōu nèi jiù huì xíguàn.
  You'll get used to this in three or four weeks.
• 池塘的四周以前种满了大树。
  There used to be big trees around the pond.
• 我环顾四周，却没看见任何人。
  Wǒ huángùsìzhōu, què méi kànjiàn rènhé rén.
  I looked around, but saw nobody.
• 他看向四周，但没看到任何人。
  He looked around, but he saw no one.

Words containing 四周

• 环顾四周huán gù sì zhōuto look around

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