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忠告

zhōng gào

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

忠告 (zhōng gào) means "to give sb a word of advice; advice; counsel; a wise word". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 忠告 means

1. to give sb a word of advice
2. advice; counsel; a wise word

The characters in 忠告

• 忠zhōngloyal; devoted; faithful
• 告gào(bound form) to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce

Example sentences

• 忠告像盐。
  Advice is like salt.
• 他不顾我的忠告。
  Tā bù gù wǒ de zhōnggào.
  He disregarded my advice.
• 他给了她一个忠告。
  He gave her a piece of advice.
• 他不顾他父亲的忠告。
  Tā bù gù tā fùqīn de zhōnggào.
  He ignored his father's advice.
• 我需要一些好的忠告。
  I need some good advice.
• 他的忠告总是很明智。
  His advice is always very sensible.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhōng gào correctly.
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