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干劲

gàn jìn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 幹勁

干劲 (gàn jìn) means "enthusiasm for doing sth". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 干劲 means

1. enthusiasm for doing sth

The characters in 干劲

• 干gāndry; dried food; empty; hollow
• 劲jìnstrength; energy; enthusiasm

Example sentences

• 不行，今天不知为何没有干劲。
  It's useless, I'm not motivated today for some reason.

Where 干劲 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · fū–gān (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gàn jìn correctly.
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