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官司

guān si

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Measure word 场

官司 (guān si) means "lawsuit". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 官司 means

1. lawsuit

The characters in 官司

• 官guāngovernment official; governmental; official
• 司sīto take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)

Example sentences

• 我最后还是输了那场官司。
  Wǒ zuì hòu háishi shū le nà chǎng guānsi.
  I have lost the case after all.

Words containing 官司

• 打官司dǎ guān sito file a lawsuit; to sue; to dispute
• 吃官司chī guān sīto face legal action; to get sued

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read guān si correctly.
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