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孝顺

xiào shùn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 孝順

孝顺 (xiào shùn) means "filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 孝顺 means

1. filial
2. dutiful
3. devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc)
4. to show filial piety towards (an older family member)
5. filial piety

The characters in 孝顺

• 孝xiàofilial piety or obedience; mourning apparel
• 顺shùnto obey; to follow; to arrange

Example sentences

• 世上有两件事不能等：一、孝顺 二、行善。
  Shìshàng yǒu liǎng jiàn shì bù néng děng: yī, xiàoshùn èr, xíngshàn.
  There are two things in the world that cannot wait: 1. Filial piety, 2. Doing good.

Where 孝顺 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Affection & Personal Relations (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 xiào shùn correctly.
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