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抱怨

bào yuàn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

抱怨 (bào yuàn) means "to complain". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 抱怨 means

1. to complain
2. to grumble
3. to harbor a complaint
4. to feel dissatisfied

The characters in 抱怨

• 抱bàoto hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug
• 怨yuànto blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge

Example sentences

• 别抱怨！
  Don't complain!
• 谁抱怨了？
  Who complained?
• 你想抱怨吗？
  Do you wish to complain?
• 你总是在抱怨。
  You are always complaining.
• 他怎幺敢抱怨？
  How dare he complain?
• 他们总是抱怨。
  They are always complaining.

Sounds the same

Read bào yuàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 报怨to pay back a score; to get revenge; to requite

Where 抱怨 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bào–bǎo (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.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bào yuàn correctly.
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