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灵活

líng huó

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

灵活 (líng huó) means "flexible". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 灵活 means

1. flexible
2. nimble
3. agile

The characters in 灵活

• 灵língquick; alert; efficacious
• 活huóto live; alive; living

Example sentences

• 汤姆缺乏灵活性。
  Tāngmǔ quēfá línghuóxìng.
  Tom lacks flexibility.
• 弹钢琴需要手指灵活。
  Playing the piano requires manual dexterity.
• 他是一个脑子灵活的人。
  Tā shì yī gè nǎozi línghuó de rén.
  He is a quick-witted man.

Words starting with 灵活

• 灵活性líng huó xìngflexibility

Words containing 灵活

• 活灵活现huó líng huó xiànliving spirit, living image (idiom); true to life; vivid and realistic

Where 灵活 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Household, Kitchen & Daily Life (HSK 5), 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 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read líng huó correctly.
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