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角度

jiǎo dù

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

角度 (jiǎo dù) means "angle, perspective". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 角度 means

1. angle
2. (fig.) point of view

The characters in 角度

• 角jiǎoangle; corner; horn
• 度dùto pass; to spend (time); measure

Example sentences

• 这个角度会过于狭窄。
  Zhège jiǎodù huì guòyú xiázhǎi.
  The angle would be too narrow.
• 以我的角度来看，他是对的。
  The way I see it, he is right.
• 她对任何事都用钱的角度来看。
  Tā duì rènhé shì dōu yòng qian de jiǎodù lái kàn.
  She thinks of everything in terms of money.
• 我们应该用各种不同的角度看待此问题
  Wǒmen yīnggāi yòng gèzhǒng bù tóng de jiǎodù kàndài cǐ wèntí
  We should approach this problem from different angles.
• 从现实的角度看，他的计划有很多缺点。
  From the practical point of view, there are many shortcomings in his plan.
• 人们看待事情的角度不同取决于他们是富裕或贫穷。
  Rénmen kàndài shìqing de jiǎodù bù tóng qǔjué yú tāmen shì fùyù huò pínqióng.
  A person views things differently according to whether they are rich or poor.

Where 角度 is taught

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

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jiǎo dù correctly.
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