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挑战

tiǎo zhàn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 挑戰

挑战 (tiǎo zhàn) means "challenge". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 挑战 means

1. to challenge; to take on a challenge; a challenge

The characters in 挑战

• 挑tiǎoto raise; to dig up; to poke
• 战zhànto fight; fight; war

Example sentences

• 别挑战我的耐心。
  Don't try my patience.
• 汤姆喜欢挑战自己。
  Tom likes challenging himself.
• 准备好迎接挑战吧！
  Get ready to face the challenge!
• 她说她喜欢那个挑战。
  Tā shuō tā xǐhuan nàge tiǎozhàn.
  She said she enjoyed the challenge.
• 没有挑战就没有收获。
  Méiyǒu tiǎozhàn jiù méiyǒu shōuhuò.
  No risk, no reward.
• 翻译的挑战让我着迷。
  Fānyì de tiǎozhàn ràng wǒ zháomí.
  I'm captivated by the challenges of translation.

Words starting with 挑战

• 挑战者tiǎo zhàn zhěchallenger
• 挑战者号Tiǎo zhàn zhě HàoSpace Shuttle Challenger

Words containing 挑战

• 迎接挑战yíng jiē tiǎo zhànto meet a challenge

Where 挑战 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Facing Challenges & Confrontation (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 tiǎo zhàn correctly.
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