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忠于

zhōng yú

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 忠於

忠于 (zhōng yú) means "to be loyal to". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 忠于 means

1. to be loyal to

The characters in 忠于

• 忠zhōngloyal; devoted; faithful
• 于yúto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle

Example sentences

• 忠于自己。
  Be true to yourself.
• 你忠于我还是国王？
  Nǐ zhōngyú wǒ háishi guówáng?
  To whom are you loyal: me or the king?
• 骑士宣誓效忠于国王。
  Qíshì xuānshì xiàozhōng yú guówáng.
  The knight swears an oath of allegiance to the King.

Sounds the same

Read zhōng yú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 终于at last; in the end; finally

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