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毛巾

máo jīn

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Measure word 条

毛巾 (máo jīn) means "towel". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 毛巾 means

1. towel

The characters in 毛巾

• 毛máohair; feather; down
• 巾jīntowel; general purpose cloth; women's headcovering (old)

Example sentences

• 给我一条干毛巾。
  Bring me a dry towel.
• 帮我递一下毛巾。
  Hand me my towel.
• 我需要一块毛巾。
  I need a towel.
• 他用毛巾弄干自己。
  Tā yòng máojīn nòng gàn zìjǐ.
  He dried himself with a towel.
• 我再拿块毛巾过来。
  I'll bring one more towel.
• 毛巾完全没起作用。
  The towel wasn't useful at all.

Words containing 毛巾

• 羊肚子毛巾yáng dù zi máo jīnsee 羊肚手巾

Where 毛巾 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Home & household objects (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read máo jīn correctly.
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