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离婚

lí hūn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 離婚

离婚 (lí hūn) means "to divorce". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 离婚 means

1. to divorce

The characters in 离婚

• 离líto leave; to part from; to be away from
• 婚hūn(bound form) marriage; wedding; (bound form) to marry

Example sentences

• 我离婚了。
  I am divorced.
• 我们离婚吧。
  Let's get divorced.
• 汤姆离婚了。
  Tom was divorced.
• 她打算离婚。
  She intends to get divorced.
• 她与丈夫离婚。
  She divorced her husband.
• 我父母离婚了。
  My parents are divorced.

Where 离婚 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Family Relationships & Marriage (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 lí hūn correctly.
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