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精通

jīng tōng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

精通 (jīng tōng) means "to be proficient in". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 精通 means

1. to be proficient in
2. to master (a subject)

The characters in 精通

• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
• 通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert

Example sentences

• 他精通英文。
  He has a good grasp of English.
• 她精通法语。
  She is proficient in French.
• 他精通波斯语。
  Tā jīngtōng Bōsīyǔ.
  He is proficient in Farsi.
• 要精通英语不容易。
  It is not easy to master English.
• 精通英语是困难的。
  To master English is hard.
• 要精通英语是不容易的。
  Yào jīngtōng Yīngyǔ shì bù róngyì de.
  English isn't easy to master.

Where 精通 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jīng–jìn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jīng tōng correctly.
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