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概念

gài niàn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Measure word 个

概念 (gài niàn) means "concept". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 概念 means

1. concept
2. idea

The characters in 概念

• 概gài(bound form) general; approximate; without exception; categorically…
• 念niànto read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school)

Example sentences

• 我明白这概念。
  I understand the concept.
• 关于这个我几乎没什么概念。
  Guānyú zhège wǒ jīhū méishénme gàiniàn.
  I know almost nothing about it.
• 关于这个我几乎没什幺概念。
  I know almost nothing about it.
• 我觉得这个网站的概念非常好。
  Wǒ juéde zhège wǎngzhàn de gàiniàn fēicháng hǎo.
  I really like the concept of this website.
• 我觉得你还没完全理解这个概念。
  I don't think you quite grasp the idea.
• 永动机这个概念是个荒唐的假说。
  The idea of perpetual motion is an absurd hypothesis.

Words starting with 概念

• 概念化gài niàn huàconceptualization
• 概念地图gài niàn dì túmind map
• 概念验证gài niàn yàn zhèngproof of concept
• 概念驱动加工gài niàn qū dòng jiā gōngconcept-driven processing

Words containing 概念

• 上位概念shàng wèi gài niànsuperordinate concept
• 人工概念rén gōng gài niànartificial concept
• 基本概念jī běn gài niànbasic concept

Where 概念 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Science, Research & Inquiry (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 gài niàn correctly.
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