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干脆

gān cuì

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 乾脆

干脆 (gān cuì) means "straightforward; simply; flat-out". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 干脆 means

1. candid
2. direct and to the point
3. simply
4. just
5. might as well

The characters in 干脆

• 干gāndry; dried food; empty; hollow
• 脆cuìbrittle; fragile; crisp

Example sentences

• 你干脆也来吧。
  Nǐ gāncuì yě lái ba.
  You might as well come, too.
• 他跟他们干脆地断绝来往了。
  He made a clean break with them.
• 我不知道该怎么回答，便干脆什么也不说。
  Wǒ bù zhīdào gāi zěnme huídá, biàn gāncuì shénme yě bù shuō.
  Not knowing what answer to make, I kept silent.
• 我不知道该怎么回答，便干脆甚么也不说。
  Not knowing what answer to make, I kept silent.
• 世上所有问题都可以用下面三种方式解决：接受，改变，或是干脆放开。
  Shìshàng suǒyǒu wèntí dōu kěyǐ yòng xiàmiàn sān zhǒng fāngshì jiějué: jiēshòu, gǎibiàn, huòshì gāncuì fàngkāi.
  There are three solutions to every problem: accept it, change it or leave it.

Words starting with 干脆

• 干脆利落gān cuì lì luo(of speech or actions) direct and efficient; without fooling around
• 干脆利索gān cuì lì suosee 干脆利落

Where 干脆 is taught

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

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gān cuì correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.