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慎重

shèn zhòng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

慎重 (shèn zhòng) means "cautious; careful; prudent". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 慎重 means

1. cautious
2. careful
3. prudent

The characters in 慎重

• 慎shèncareful; cautious
• 重zhòngheavy; serious; to attach importance to

Example sentences

• 选择朋友要慎重。
  Xuǎnzé péngyou yào shènzhòng.
  You should choose your friends very carefully.
• 这需要慎重考虑。
  That requires careful consideration.
• 你应该慎重交友。
  You should choose your friends very carefully.

Words starting with 慎重

• 慎重其事shèn zhòng qí shìto treat a matter with due consideration (idiom)

Where 慎重 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shēng–shèn (HSK 6), 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 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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