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常识

cháng shí

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

常识 (cháng shí) means "common sense; general knowledge". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 常识 means

1. common sense; general knowledge

The characters in 常识

• 常chángalways; ever; often
• 识shíto know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. shì

Example sentences

• 他缺乏常识。
  Tā quēfá chángshí.
  He is lacking in common sense.
• 她缺乏常识。
  Tā quēfá chángshí.
  She is lacking in common sense.

Sounds the same

Read cháng shí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 常时frequently; often; usually
• 长石(mineralogy) feldspar

Where 常识 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Thinking, Reasoning & Memory (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.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read cháng shí correctly.
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