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悲观

bēi guān

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

悲观 (bēi guān) means "pessimistic". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 悲观 means

1. pessimistic

The characters in 悲观

• 悲bēisad; sadness; sorrow
• 观guānto look at; to watch; to observe

Example sentences

• 你太悲观了。
  You're being too pessimistic.
• 每个人都感到悲观。
  Měigerén dōu gǎndào bēiguān.
  Everyone feels pessimistic.
• 不要感觉那么悲观。
  Bù yào gǎnjué nàme bēiguān.
  Don't be so pessimistic.
• 不要感觉那幺悲观。
  Don't be so pessimistic.
• 我时而乐观，时而悲观。
  Wǒ shí'ér lèguān, shí'ér bēiguān.
  I am by turns an optimist and a pessimist.
• 没有悲观主义者就没有乐观主义者。
  If there were no pessimists, neither would there be any optimists.

Where 悲观 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Conflict, Anger & Frustration (HSK 5), 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 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bēi guān correctly.
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