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计较

jì jiào

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

计较 (jì jiào) means "to bother about; to haggle; to bicker". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 计较 means

1. to bother about
2. to haggle
3. to bicker
4. to argue
5. plan
6. stratagem

The characters in 计较

• 计jìto calculate; to compute; to count
• 较jiào(bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to

Example sentences

• 如果你不计较太多，生活会更容易些。
  Rúguǒ nǐ bù jìjiào tài duō, shēnghuó huì gèng róngyì xiē.
  Life would be so much better if you didn't care so much.
• 一个人的快乐，不是因为他拥有得多，而是因为他计较得少。
  Yīgèrén de kuàilè, bù shì yīnwèi tā yōngyǒu de duō, érshì yīnwèi tā jìjiào de shǎo.
  A person's happiness does not come from owning a lot, but from caring about little.

Words containing 计较

• 斤斤计较jīn jīn jì jiàoto haggle over every ounce; (fig.) to fuss over minor matters; to split hairs

Where 计较 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jì (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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