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慈善

cí shàn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

慈善 (cí shàn) means "benevolent; charitable". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 慈善 means

1. benevolent
2. charitable

The characters in 慈善

• 慈cícompassionate; gentle; merciful
• 善shàngood (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed

Example sentences

• 这不是慈善行为。
  This isn't a charity.
• 当地企业正在联手举办一项慈善活动。
  Local businesses are teaming up for a charity initiative.
• 我一得到一大笔钱就捐一部分给慈善机构。
  Wǒ yī dédào yī dà bǐ qián jiù juān yībùfen gěi císhànjīgòu.
  Whenever I get a large sum of money, I donate some of it to charity.
• 汤姆捐一半他的薪水给他最喜欢的慈善机构。
  Tāngmǔ juān yībàn tā de xīnshuǐ gěi tā zuì xǐhuan de císhàn jīgòu.
  Tom donates half his salary to his favorite charity.

Words starting with 慈善

• 慈善家cí shàn jiāphilanthropist; humanitarian; charity donor
• 慈善抽奖cí shàn chōu jiǎnga raffle (for charity)
• 慈善机构cí shàn jī gòucharity
• 慈善组织cí shàn zǔ zhīcharity organization

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read cí shàn correctly.
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