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擅长

shàn cháng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 擅長

擅长 (shàn cháng) means "to be good at; to be expert in". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 擅长 means

1. to be good at; to be expert in

The characters in 擅长

• 擅shànwithout authority; to usurp; to arrogate to oneself
• 长chánglong; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte

Example sentences

• 肯擅长游泳。
  Ken is good at swimming.
• 他擅长驾驶。
  He is good at driving.
• 我擅长足球。
  I'm good at soccer.
• 我擅长滑雪。
  I'm good at skiing.
• 我擅长网球。
  I'm good at tennis.
• 他擅长骑马。
  He is good at riding a horse.

Where 擅长 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shàn–shè (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shàn cháng correctly.
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