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配偶

pèi ǒu

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

配偶 (pèi ǒu) means "spouse". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 配偶 means

1. spouse

The characters in 配偶

• 配pèito join; to fit; to mate
• 偶ǒuaccidental; image; pair

Example sentences

• 蝉破土而出后，会蜕皮，等待身体干燥变硬，然后飞到树顶觅食和寻找配偶，它们通过发出响亮的蝉鸣来寻找配偶。
  Once out of the ground, the cicadas molt and wait for their bodies to dry and harden, then they fly to the tops of trees where they feed and look for a mate, which they do by making a loud buzz.

Where 配偶 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · pào–pī (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 pèi ǒu correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.