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质疑

zhì yí

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 質疑

质疑 (zhì yí) means "to call into question; to question (truth or validity)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 质疑 means

1. to call into question; to challenge (the truth or validity of)

The characters in 质疑

• 质zhìcharacter; nature; quality
• 疑yí(bound form) to doubt; to suspect

Example sentences

• 有些人质疑他的诚实。
  Yǒuxiērén zhìyí tā de chéngshí.
  Some people questioned his honesty.
• 你知道了不要质疑老师这个规矩。
  You are taught to never question your teachers.

Sounds the same

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

• 置疑to doubt

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