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显得

xiǎn de

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 顯得

显得 (xiǎn de) means "to seem, appear". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 显得 means

1. to seem
2. to look
3. to appear

The characters in 显得

• 显xiǎnto make visible; to reveal; prominent
• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…

Example sentences

• 他在他弟弟旁边显得很年轻。
  Tā zài tā dìdi pángbiān xiǎnde hěn niánqīng.
  He looked young beside his brother.
• 他病了，所以脸色显得苍白。
  He's pale because he's sick.
• 妈妈，你这个发型显得老气。
  Mom, that hairstyle makes you look old.
• 她穿着高跟鞋，这样显得更高一些。
  Tā chuān zhe gāogēnxié, zhèyàng xiǎnde gèng gāo yīxiē.
  She wears high heels to make herself look taller.
• 一个人能否在不显得傲慢的情况下保持诚实？
  Can one be honest without appearing arrogant?
• 汤姆、玛丽、约翰和爱丽丝都显得有些惊讶。
  Tom, Mary, John and Alice all looked somewhat surprised.

Where 显得 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Appearance & Physical Description (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xiǎn de correctly.
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