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质朴

zhì pǔ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 質樸

质朴 (zhì pǔ) means "simple; plain; unadorned". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 质朴 means

1. simple
2. plain
3. unadorned
4. unaffected
5. unsophisticated
6. rustic
7. earthy

The characters in 质朴

• 质zhìcharacter; nature; quality
• 朴pǔ(bound form) plain; simple; Taiwan pr. pú

Example sentences

• 大自然的真实和质朴往往是值得注意的艺术中最重要的基石。
  Dàzìrán de zhēnshí hé zhìpǔ wǎngwǎng shì zhídezhùyì de yìshù zhōng zuì zhòngyào de jīshí.
  The truth and simplicity of nature is always the most important foundation of noteworthy art.
• 有一种普遍的看法认为，一切对演说方式的研究都是有损男子气概的，都会以雕饰与浮华取代质朴与力量。
  There is a widespread opinion that all study of the mode of oratory is unmanly, and leads to the substitution of artifice and adornment for simplicity and power.

Sounds the same

Read zhì pǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 质谱mass spectrometry

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