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抽象

chōu xiàng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Measure word 种

抽象 (chōu xiàng) means "abstract". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 抽象 means

1. abstract
2. abstraction

The characters in 抽象

• 抽chōuto draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole…
• 象xiàngelephant; shape; form

Example sentences

• 这个描述太抽象了。
  Zhège miáoshù tài chōuxiàng le.
  This description is too abstract.
• 一些抽象艺术是很难理解的。
  Yīxiē chōuxiàng yìshù shì hěn nán lǐjiě de.
  Some abstract art is difficult to understand.
• 对他来说，“肚子饿”是个抽象的概念，因为他从来就没有饿过。
  Duì tā lái shuō,“ dùzi è ” shì gè chōuxiàng de gàiniàn, yīnwèi tā cónglái jiù méiyǒu è guo.
  To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he always had enough to eat.
• 对他来说，「肚子饿」是个抽象的概念，因为他从来就没有饿过。
  To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he always had enough to eat.
• 尼采认为，哲学家应该少一点自命不凡，多关注人的价值问题，而不是抽象的体系。
  Nietzsche believes philosophers should stop riding their high horse and focus more on people's differences in values, instead of abstract systems.

Words starting with 抽象

• 抽象域chōu xiàng yùabstract field (math.)
• 抽象词chōu xiàng cíabstract word
• 抽象代数chōu xiàng dài shùabstract algebra
• 抽象思维chōu xiàng sī wéiabstract thought; logical thinking

Where 抽象 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Candor, Clarity & Attitude (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chōu xiàng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.