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索取

suǒ qǔ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

索取 (suǒ qǔ) means "to ask; to demand". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 索取 means

1. to ask
2. to demand

The characters in 索取

• 索suǒto search; to demand; to ask
• 取qǔto take; to get; to choose

Example sentences

• 从你出生起，你的心脏就每天 24 小时、每周 7 天、每年 365 天不停地工作，从未向你索取任何回报。
  Your heart has been working twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year since you were born, and it has never asked for or charged you anything in return.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read suǒ qǔ correctly.
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