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敏捷

mǐn jié

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

敏捷 (mǐn jié) means "nimble; quick; shrewd". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 敏捷 means

1. nimble
2. quick
3. shrewd

The characters in 敏捷

• 敏mǐn(bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart
• 捷jiévictory; triumph; quick

Example sentences

• 汤姆很敏捷。
  Tom is agile.
• 松鼠动作敏捷。
  Squirrels are quick of movement.
• 可怜的猫！ 她无法抓住敏捷的老鼠。
  Kělián de māo! Tā wúfǎ zhuāzhù mǐnjié de lǎoshǔ.
  Poor cat! She can't catch the nimble mouse.
• 我本来想给我在公园发现的松鼠拍照，但它太敏捷了，因此我拍的照片都不好。
  I was going to take a picture of a squirrel I found in the park, but it was too nimble, and all my shots were no good.

Words containing 敏捷

• 思维敏捷sī wéi mǐn jiéquick-witted; agile of mind
• 思路敏捷sī lù mǐn jiéquick-witted
• 身手敏捷shēn shǒu mǐn jiéagile; nimble; deft

Where 敏捷 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · mǐn (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 mǐn jié correctly.
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