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巧合

qiǎo hé

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

巧合 (qiǎo hé) means "coincidence; coincidental; to coincide". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 巧合 means

1. coincidence
2. coincidental
3. to coincide

The characters in 巧合

• 巧qiǎoopportunely; coincidentally; as it happens
• 合héto close; to join; to fit

Example sentences

• 真是个巧合！
  What a coincidence!
• 可能只是巧合。
  Kěnéng zhǐshì qiǎohé.
  It could be just a coincidence.
• 这一定是个巧合。
  Zhè yīdìng shì gè qiǎohé.
  It must be a coincidence.
• 我知道那不是巧合。
  I knew it wasn't an accident.
• 也许这只是一场巧合。
  Maybe it was just a coincidence.
• 汤姆不认为这是一个巧合。
  Tāngmǔ bù rènwéi zhè shì yī gè qiǎohé.
  Tom doesn't think this is a coincidence.

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