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措施

cuò shī

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Measure word 个

措施 (cuò shī) means "measure (policy action)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 措施 means

1. measure
2. step

The characters in 措施

• 措cuòto handle; to manage; to put in order
• 施shī(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc)…

Example sentences

• 非常时期需要非常措施。
  Fēicháng shíqī xūyào fēicháng cuòshī.
  Desperate times call for desperate measures.
• 你们采取什么措施避孕？
  Nǐmen cǎiqǔ shénme cuòshī bìyùn?
  What methods of contraception are you using?
• 广泛的安全措施实施了。
  Guǎngfàn de ānquáncuòshī shíshī le.
  Broad safety measures were put into effect.
• 这些措施可以预防疾病蔓延。
  Zhèxiē cuòshī kěyǐ yùfáng jíbìng mànyán.
  These measures can prevent the disease from spreading.
• 我们使用了强大的措施来预防。
  Wǒmen shǐyòng le qiángdà de cuòshī lái yùfáng.
  We took strong measures to prevent it.
• 预防措施比真正的治疗更有效。
  Yùfáng cuòshī bǐ zhēnzhèng de zhìliáo gèng yǒuxiào.
  Preventive measures are much more effective than the actual treatment.

Words containing 措施

• 安全措施ān quán cuò shīsafety measure; precaution; (colloquial; euphemism) contraception; protection
• 平权措施píng quán cuò shīaffirmative action
• 预防措施yù fáng cuò shīprotective step; protective measure
• 联邦紧急措施署Lián bāng Jǐn jí Cuò shī shǔFederal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Sounds the same

Read cuò shī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 错失fault; mistake; to miss (a chance)
• 锉尸to cut the corpse of a criminal into pieces

Where 措施 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Organizing, Managing & Procedures (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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