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镶嵌

xiāng qiàn

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

镶嵌 (xiāng qiàn) means "to inlay; to embed; to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 镶嵌 means

1. to inlay
2. to embed
3. to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring)
4. tiling
5. tesselation

The characters in 镶嵌

• 镶xiāngto inlay; to embed; ridge
• 嵌qiànto inlay; to embed; Taiwan pr. qiān

Example sentences

• 王冠上镶嵌着数十颗光彩夺目的宝石。
  The crown is adorned with dozens of divinely lustrous gemstones.

Where 镶嵌 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · xiàn (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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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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