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现象

xiàn xiàng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 現象 Measure word 个、种

现象 (xiàn xiàng) means "phenomenon". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 现象 means

1. phenomenon
2. appearance

The characters in 现象

• 现xiànto appear; present; now
• 象xiàngelephant; shape; form

Example sentences

• 酸雨不是自然现象。
  Suānyǔ bù shì zìrán xiànxiàng.
  Acid rain isn't a natural phenomenon.
• 彩虹是一种自然现象。
  Cǎihóng shì yīzhǒng zìránxiànxiàng.
  A rainbow is a natural phenomenon.
• 月食是一种罕见的现象。
  Yuèshí shì yīzhǒng hǎnjiàn de xiànxiàng.
  An eclipse of the moon is a rare phenomenon.
• 酸雨不是自然的天气现象。
  Acid rain is not a natural phenomenon.
• 极光是极地特有的自然现象。
  Jíguāng shì jídì tèyǒu de zìránxiànxiàng.
  The aurora is a phenomenon characteristic of the polar regions.
• 这是我以前从未见过的现象。
  It's a phenomenon I've never seen before.

Words starting with 现象

• 现象学xiàn xiàng xuéphenomenology
• 现象级xiàn xiàng jíphenomenal

Words containing 现象

• 自然现象zì rán xiàn xiàngnatural phenomenon
• 厄尔尼诺现象è ěr ní nuò xiàn xiàngEl Niño effect, equatorial climatic variation over the Pacific Ocean
• 返祖现象fǎn zǔ xiàn xiàng(biology) atavism
• 迟滞现象chí zhì xiàn xiànghysteresis

Where 现象 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Goals, Catalogs & Present State (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 xiàn xiàng correctly.
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