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牢固

láo gù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

牢固 (láo gù) means "firm; secure". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 牢固 means

1. firm
2. secure

The characters in 牢固

• 牢láo(literary) pen; fold (for livestock); prison; jail; firm; secure; fast
• 固gùhard; strong; solid

Example sentences

• 绳子不够牢固，撑不住他。
  Shéngzi bù gòu láogù, chēng bù zhù tā.
  The rope wasn't strong enough to support him.

Sounds the same

Read láo gù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 劳雇labor and employer

Where 牢固 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · lā–láo (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read láo gù correctly.
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