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HSK 5
HSK 5
HSK 4
从
從
cóng
1.
from
2.
via
3.
passing through
4.
through (a gap)
5.
past
6.
ever (followed by negative, meaning never)
7.
(formerly pr. <zòng> and related to [[縱|纵]]) to follow
8.
to comply with
9.
to obey
10.
to join
11.
to engage in
12.
adopting some mode of action or attitude
13.
follower
14.
retainer
15.
accessory
16.
accomplice
17.
related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
HSK 2
Very Common • Top 0%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
从而
cóngér
thus
从中
cóngzhōng
from
从军
cóngjūn
to enlist
从轻
cóngqīng
to be lenient (in sentencing)
从速
cóngsù
(to do sth) with dispatch
顺从
shùncóng
obedient
从事
cóngshì
to go for
从头
cóngtóu
anew
依从
yīcóng
to comply with
信从
xìncóng
to trust and obey
随从
suícóng
to accompany
应从
yìngcóng
to assent
打从
dǎcóng
from
从何
cónghé
whence?
遵从
zūncóng
to comply with
从来
cónglái
always
从没
cóngméi
never (in the past)
从犯
cóngfàn
accessory to a crime
从众
cóngzhòng
to follow the crowd
从缓
cónghuǎn
not to hurry
Example Sentences (10)
你终于回来了！从哪儿买回来了这么多东西啊？
Nǐ zhōngyú huílái le! Cóng nǎr mǎi huílái le zhème duō dōngxi a?
You're finally back! Where did you buy so many things?
Text 1
您从几岁开始学习跳舞？
Nín cóng jǐ suì kāishǐ xuéxí tiàowǔ?
At what age did you start learning to dance?
Text 2
都是从那边的商店买回来的。
dōu shì cóng nàbiān de shāngdiàn mǎi huílái de.
They were all bought from the store over there.
Text 1
对了，你从网上买的那件衣服呢？怎么没见你穿？
Duì le, nǐ cóng wǎngshàng mǎi de nà jiàn yīfu ne? Zěnme méi jiàn nǐ chuān?
By the way, what about that piece of clothing you bought online? How come I haven't seen you wear it?
Text 3
即使是很普通的事情，从他嘴里说出来也会变得很有意思。
Jíshǐ shì hěn pǔtōng de shìqíng, cóng tā zuǐ lǐ shuō chūlái yě huì biàn de hěn yǒu yìsi.
Even very ordinary things become very interesting when said by him.
Text 5
从这儿一直往前走，到了前面的路口再往右走。
Cóng zhèr yìzhí wǎng qián zǒu,dào le qiánmiàn de lùkǒu zài wǎng yòu zǒu.
Go straight ahead from here, then at the intersection ahead turn right.
Text 4
好，一会儿我们可以从中间这条路上去。
Hǎo, yíhuìr wǒmen kěyǐ cóng zhōngjiān zhè tiáo lù shàngqù.
Okay, in a bit we can go up this road in the middle.
Text 3
从明天起，我决定每天去长跑。
Cóng míngtiān qǐ, wǒ juédìng měitiān qù chángpǎo.
Starting tomorrow, I have decided to go long-distance running every day.
Text 3
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 97
- Word Frequency Rank
- 146 of 84,292