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领袖

lǐng xiù

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

领袖 (lǐng xiù) means "leader". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 领袖 means

1. leader

The characters in 领袖

• 领lǐngneck; collar; to lead
• 袖xiùsleeve; to tuck inside one's sleeve

Example sentences

• 他们把他奉为领袖。
  They looked up to him as their leader.
• 他是下一代人的领袖。
  He's the leader of the next generation.
• 网络积极分子想跟最高领袖见面。
  Wǎngluò jījí fènzǐ xiǎng gēn zuì gāo lǐngxiù jiànmiàn.
  Cyber activists want to meet with the Supreme Leader.
• 聪明的领袖知道什么时候听取他人意见。
  Cōngming de lǐngxiù zhīdào shénmeshíhou tīngqǔ tārén yìjiàn.
  A wise leader knows when to listen to others.
• 聪明的领袖知道什么时候要听取他人意见。
  A wise leader knows when to listen to others.
• 缅甸民主运动领袖昂山素姬已遭拘押逾十年。
  The leader of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been in detainment for over 10 years.

Words containing 领袖

• 意见领袖yì jiàn lǐng xiùopinion leader
• 精神领袖jīng shén lǐng xiùspiritual leader (of a nation or church); religious leader

Where 领袖 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · líng–lǐng (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 lǐng xiù correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.