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敏锐

mǐn ruì

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

敏锐 (mǐn ruì) means "keen; sharp; acute". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 敏锐 means

1. keen; sharp; acute

The characters in 敏锐

• 敏mǐn(bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart
• 锐ruìacute

Example sentences

• 狗的嗅觉比人类敏锐得多。
  Gǒu de xiùjué bǐ rénlèi mǐnruì de duō.
  A dog's sense of smell is much keener than a human's.
• 艺术家必须拥有敏锐的色彩眼光。
  An artist has to have a color-sensitive eye.
• 他的观察是敏锐的，但他没有说太多。
  Tā de guānchá shì mǐnruì de, dàn tā méiyǒu shuō tài duō.
  His observations are sharp, but he doesn't say much.
• 她因为敏锐的观察力，很适合当一名摄影师。
  Tā yīnwèi mǐnruì de guānchálì, hěn shìhé dāng yī míng shèyǐngshī.
  Her acute observation skills make her a very suitable photographer.

Where 敏锐 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 ruì correctly.
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