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客观

kè guān

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

客观 (kè guān) means "objective". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 客观 means

1. objective
2. impartial

The characters in 客观

• 客kècustomer; visitor; guest; classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)
• 观guānto look at; to watch; to observe

Example sentences

• 客观的历史存在吗？
  Kèguān de lìshǐ cúnzài ma?
  Does objective history exist?
• 要小心那些说自己客观的人。
  Yào xiǎoxīn nàxiē shuō zìjǐ kèguān de rén.
  Beware of anybody who claims objectivity.

Words starting with 客观

• 客观性kè guān xìngobjectivity
• 客观世界kè guān shì jièthe objective world (as opposed to empirical observation)
• 客观主义kè guān zhǔ yìobjectivist philosophy
• 客观唯心主义kè guān wéi xīn zhǔ yìobjective idealism (in Hegel's philosophy)

Sounds the same

Read kè guān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 客官(old) polite form of address for a customer or guest

Where 客观 is taught

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

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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