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进口

jìn kǒu

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 進口

进口 (jìn kǒu) means "to import". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 进口 means

1. to import
2. imported
3. entrance
4. inlet (for the intake of air, water etc)

The characters in 进口

• 进jìnto go forward; to advance; to go in
• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…

Example sentences

• 他把手插进口袋里。
  Tā bǎ shǒu chājìn kǒudài lǐ.
  He put his hands in his pockets.
• 日本依赖进口原料。
  Japan depends on imports for raw materials.
• 日本米市场禁止进口。
  Rìběn mǐ shìchǎng jìnzhǐ jìnkǒu.
  Japan's rice market is closed to imports.
• 我们从印度进口茶叶。
  Wǒmen cóng Yìndù jìnkǒu cháyè.
  We import tea from India.
• 日本的石油依靠进口。
  Japan depends on other countries for oil.
• 他想要减少进口品的税。
  He wanted to reduce the tax on imports.

Words starting with 进口

• 进口商jìn kǒu shāngimporter; import business

Where 进口 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Business, Trade & Finance (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 jìn kǒu correctly.
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