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缺席

quē xí

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

缺席 (quē xí) means "to be absent". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 缺席 means

1. to be absent

The characters in 缺席

• 缺quēdeficiency; lack; scarce
• 席xíwoven mat; seat; banquet

Example sentences

• 汤姆缺席。
  Tom is absent.
• 没有学生缺席。
  No students were absent.
• 他在点名时缺席。
  Tā zài diǎnmíng shí quēxí.
  He was absent at roll call.
• 今天有人缺席吗？
  Is anyone absent today?
• 汤姆昨天缺席了。
  Tom was absent yesterday.
• 你昨天为甚么缺席？
  Why were you absent yesterday?

Where 缺席 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · quǎn–què (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 quē xí correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.