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庄严

zhuāng yán

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

庄严 (zhuāng yán) means "solemn; dignified; stately". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 庄严 means

1. solemn; dignified; stately

The characters in 庄严

• 庄zhuāngfarmstead; village; manor
• 严yántight (closely sealed); stern; strict

Example sentences

• 一个神圣的仪式在庄严的庙宇中举行。
  Yī gè shénshèng de yíshì zài zhuāngyán de miàoyǔ zhōng jǔxíng.
  A sacred ritual took place in the magnificent temple.

Where 庄严 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhuān–zhuǎn (HSK 6), 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 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhuāng yán correctly.
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