Dictionary › 清楚

清楚

qīng chu

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word

清楚 (qīng chu) means "clear". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 清楚 means

1. clear
2. distinct
3. to understand thoroughly
4. to be clear about

How 清楚 is used in grammar

清楚 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Result Complements: 错/懂/好/完/清楚 (HSK 2)
• Advanced resultatives: 住/成/开/清楚 (HSK 4)

The characters in 清楚

• 清qīng(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted
• 楚chǔdistinct; clear; orderly

Example sentences

• 说清楚。
  Say it clearly.
• 讲清楚。
  Speak clearly.
• 我不太清楚。
  I don't really know.
• 法律很清楚。
  The law is quite clear.
• 看得清楚吗？
  Can you see it well?
• 我听不太清楚。
  I can't hear very well.

Words containing 清楚

• 不清楚bù qīng chuunclear; not understood; currently unknown
• 头脑清楚tóu nǎo qīng chulucid; clear-headed; sensible
• 口齿清楚kǒu chǐ qīng chuclear diction; clear articulation

Where 清楚 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Sequence, Similarity & Remaining Words (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qīng chu correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.