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直径

zhí jìng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 直徑

直径 (zhí jìng) means "diameter". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 直径 means

1. diameter

The characters in 直径

• 直zhístraight; to straighten; fair and reasonable
• 径jìngfootpath; path; track; (fig.) a way; a means; directly; straight; diameter

Example sentences

• 用圆周能不能求得直径？
  Yòng yuánzhōu néng bù néng qiúdé zhíjìng?
  Is it possible to determine the diameter from the circumference?
• 该飞行器有两个直径 7 公尺巨大太阳能电池板，为其提供从太阳出发飞行 8.5 亿公里所需的动力。
  The craft has two massive solar panels, 7 meters each, that will provide the power it needs to travel 850 million kilometers from the sun.

Words containing 直径

• 纤芯直径xiān xīn zhí jìngcore diameter (of a fiber)

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