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观念

guān niàn

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

观念 (guān niàn) means "notion". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 观念 means

1. notion
2. thought
3. concept
4. sense
5. views
6. ideology
7. general impressions

The characters in 观念

• 观guānto look at; to watch; to observe
• 念niànto read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school)

Example sentences

• 无色的绿色的观念疯狂地睡觉。
  Wúsè de lǜsè de guānniàn fēngkuáng de shuìjiào.
  Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
• 这是因为日本人和美国人对礼貌的观念有所不同。
  Zhè shì yīnwèi Rìběnrén héměi guórén duì lǐmào de guānniàn yǒusuǒbùtóng.
  This is because of the difference between Japanese politeness and American politeness.
• 很多人觉得有教才有学，但其实这个观念是错的。
  Hěn duō rén juéde yǒu jiāo cái yǒu xué, dàn qíshí zhège guānniàn shì cuò de.
  One of the great superstitions about education is that learning is the result of teaching.
• 没有经过仔细审视的观念是不值得拥有的，正如没有经过仔细审视的生活不值得过一样。
  Méiyǒu jīngguò zǐxì shěnshì de guānniàn shì bù zhíde yōngyǒu de, zhèngrú méiyǒu jīngguò zǐxì shěnshì de shēnghuó bù zhíde guo yīyàng.
  An idea not properly analyzed is not worth exploiting, just as a life without self-judgment is not worth living.

Words containing 观念

• 绝对观念jué duì guān niànabsolute idea (in Hegel's philosophy)
• 强迫观念qiǎng pò guān niàncompelling notion; obsession

Where 观念 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Science, Research & Inquiry (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.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read guān niàn correctly.
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