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角落

jiǎo luò

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

角落 (jiǎo luò) means "nook; corner". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 角落 means

1. corner (of a room, courtyard etc)
2. (fig.) remote spot; nook

The characters in 角落

• 角jiǎoangle; corner; horn
• 落luòto fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out

Example sentences

• 放角落里。
  Put them in the corner.
• 女孩在教室的角落啜泣。
  Nǚhái zài jiàoshì de jiǎoluò chuòqì.
  The girl was sobbing in the corner of the schoolroom.
• 汤姆正站在房间的角落。
  Tom is standing in the corner of the room.
• 坐在角落的那个男人是谁？
  Zuò zài jiǎoluò de nàge nánrén shì shéi?
  Who is the man sitting in the corner?
• 艾德蒙多躲在浴室的角落。
  Edmundo hid in the back corner of the bathroom.
• 人类居住在世界的每一个角落。
  Rénlèi jūzhù zàishì jiè de měi yī gè jiǎoluò.
  Humans live in every corner of the world.

Where 角落 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jiǎo–jiāo (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 jiǎo luò correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.