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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
tīng
dào
zhè
shǒu
ràng
hěn
huái怀
jiù

Hearing this song makes me very nostalgic.

2
jiù
fu
juān
gěi
le
shàn
gòu

She donated her old clothes to a charity.

3
zài
shū
diàn
mǎi
le
běn
jiù
shū

I bought an old book at the bookstore.

4
réng
jiù
shì
de
péng
yǒu

He is still my friend.

5
jǐn
guǎn
tiān
hǎo
men
réng
jiù
jué
dìng
gōng
yuán
sàn

Despite the bad weather, we still decided to take a walk in the park.

6
suī
rán
jīng
tuì退
xiū
duō
nián
dàn
réng
jiù
bǎo
chí
zhe
měi
tiān
yuè
de
guàn

Although he has been retired for many years, he still maintains the habit of reading every day.

7
jiù
měi
tiān
shàng
xué

He still goes to school every day.

8
suī
rán
tiān
hěn
lěng
dàn
gōng
yuán
jiù
yǒu
hěn
duō
rén
zài
sàn

Although the weather is cold, there are still many people walking in the park.

9
jǐn
guǎn
dào
le
hěn
duō
kùn
nán
jiù
bǎo
chí
zhe
guān
de
tài

Despite encountering many difficulties, she still maintains an optimistic attitude.

10
zhè
běn
shū
hěn
chén
jiù

This book is very old.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes5
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#504
Zhuyinㄐㄧㄡˋ
Components
UnicodeU+65E7
CangjieLW
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

Learn how the Five Elements describe personality