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强调

qiáng diào

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

强调 (qiáng diào) means "to emphasize (a statement) — verb". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 强调 means

1. to emphasize (a statement)
2. to stress

The characters in 强调

• 强qiángstrong; powerful; better
• 调tiáoto harmonize; to reconcile; to blend

Example sentences

• 这个论点值得强调。
  Zhège lùndiǎn zhíde qiángdiào.
  This point deserves special emphasis.
• 我想特别强调这一点。
  I want to emphasize this point in particular.
• 他强调了教育的重要性。
  Tā qiángdiào le jiàoyù de zhòngyàoxìng.
  He placed emphasis on the importance of education.
• 他强调都市生活的便利方面。
  Tā qiángdiào dūshì shēnghuó de biànlì fāngmiàn.
  He stressed the convenient aspects of city life.
• 他强调了城市生活方便的一面。
  Tā qiángdiào le chéngshì shēnghuó fāngbiàn de yīmiàn.
  He stressed the convenient aspects of city life.
• 现代的健康饮食专家强调要吃全麦面包，多吃蔬菜。
  Xiàndài de jiànkāng yǐnshí zhuānjiā qiángdiào yào chī quánmài miànbāo, duō chī shūcài.
  Modern healthy eating experts put emphasis on eating wholemeal bread and eating more vegetables.

Words starting with 强调

• 强调色qiáng diào sèaccent color

Where 强调 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Emphasis, Intensity & Repetition (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 qiáng diào correctly.
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