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结构

jié gòu

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 結構 Measure word 座、个

结构 (jié gòu) means "structure". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 结构 means

1. structure
2. composition
3. makeup
4. architecture

The characters in 结构

• 结jiéknot; sturdy; bond
• 构gòuto construct; to form; to make up

Example sentences

• 头脑的结构很复杂。
  Tóunǎo de jiégòu hěn fùzá.
  The structure of the brain is complicated.
• 它好像是非结构性的。
  It seems to be unstructured.
• 经理打算改良公司的结构。
  Jīnglǐ dǎsuàn gǎiliáng gōngsī de jiégòu.
  The manager wants to improve the company's structuring.
• 我喜欢把东西拆开，看看里面的结构。
  Wǒ xǐhuan bǎ dōngxi chāikāi, kànkan lǐ miàndī jiégòu.
  I like to take things apart to see what makes them tick.
• 机器结构很复杂，我们找来找去也找不到故障的原因。
  The machine was too complicated for us to find out the cause of the trouble.
• 红树林吸取二氧化碳比地球上其他树木都要多，因为它们具有很大的地下根部结构。
  Mangroves sequester more carbon than any other trees on Earth because they have quite a large underground root structure.

Words starting with 结构

• 结构性jié gòu xìngstructural
• 结构主义jié gòu zhǔ yìstructuralism
• 结构式jié gòu shìstructural formula (chemistry)
• 结构理论jié gòu lǐ lùnstructural theory (physics)
• 结构助词jié gòu zhù cístructural particle, such as 的

Words containing 结构

• 代数结构dài shù jié gòualgebraic structure
• 数据结构shù jù jié gòu(computing) data structure
• 物理结构wù lǐ jié gòuphysical composition
• 产品结构chǎn pǐn jié gòu(in business strategy) product mix; product portfolio…
• 分布式结构fēn bù shì jié gòudistributed architecture
• 核结构hé jié gòunuclear structure
• 环形结构huán xíng jié gòuring configuration
• 围护结构wéi hù jié gòubuilding envelope
• 基础结构jī chǔ jié gòuinfrastructure
• 抗震结构kàng zhèn jié gòuearthquake-resistant construction
• 主谓结构zhǔ wèi jié gòusubject-predicate construction
• 晶体结构jīng tǐ jié gòucrystal structure
• 垂悬结构chuí xuán jié gòudangling element (grammar)
• 拓扑结构tuò pū jié gòutopological structure
• 准稳旋涡结构zhǔn wěn xuán wō jié gòuquasi-stationary spiral structure QSSS (astrophysics)

Where 结构 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Inclusion, Components & Structure (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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