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疏忽

shū hu

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

疏忽 (shū hu) means "to neglect; to overlook; negligence". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 疏忽 means

1. to neglect
2. to overlook
3. negligence
4. carelessness

The characters in 疏忽

• 疏shūto dredge; to clear away obstruction; thin
• 忽hūto neglect; to overlook; to ignore

Example sentences

• 他责备了我的疏忽。
  Tā zébèi le wǒ de shūhu.
  He reprimanded me for my oversight.
• 提交工作内容之前请仔细检查，这里有疏忽的地方。
  Tíjiāo gōngzuò nèiróng zhīqián qǐng zǐxì jiǎnchá, zhèlǐ yǒu shūhu de dìfang.
  Edit your work better before you submit it, it's sloppy.

Words starting with 疏忽

• 疏忽大意shū hu dà yìoversight; negligence; careless
• 疏忽职守shū hū zhí shǒuto neglect one's duties

Where 疏忽 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · shù (HSK 6), 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 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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