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斟酌

zhēn zhuó

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

斟酌 (zhēn zhuó) means "to consider; to deliberate; to fill up a cup to the brim". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 斟酌 means

1. to consider
2. to deliberate
3. to fill up a cup to the brim

The characters in 斟酌

• 斟zhēnto pour; to deliberate
• 酌zhuóto pour wine; to drink wine; to deliberate

Example sentences

• 我想花点时间斟酌斟酌再作决定。
  Wǒ xiǎng huā diǎn shíjiān zhēnzhuó zhēnzhuó zài zuò juédìng.
  I'd like some time to consider before I make a decision.

Words starting with 斟酌

• 斟酌字句zhēn zhuó zì jùto measure one's words
• 斟酌决定权zhēn zhuó jué dìng quándiscretionary power

Where 斟酌 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhèn–zhēn (HSK 6), 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 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhēn zhuó correctly.
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