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看中

kàn zhòng

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

看中 (kàn zhòng) means "to have a preference for; to fancy; to choose after consideration". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 看中 means

1. to have a preference for
2. to fancy
3. to choose after consideration
4. to settle on

The characters in 看中

• 看kànto see; to look at; to read; to watch
• 中zhōngwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during

Sounds the same

Read kàn zhòng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 看重to regard as important; to value

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