澄清 chéngqīng clarify

HSK 6 — the top of the six old levels: 2,500 new words, 5,000 in all. You read and discuss almost anything. In HSK 3.0, 澄清 is in band 7–9. HSK 6 explained

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中澄清means to clarify. Picture two coworkers who each understood the meeting differently. One of them says they want to clear things up before the deadline. Say it with me.

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Stroke order

澄清 is written in 26 strokes across 2 characters.

澄清 — the Chinese character for clarify (chéngqīng), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 澄清 — clarify

澄 — 15 strokes
清 — 11 strokes

Senses

clear (of liquid)
limpid
to clarify
to make sth clear
to be clear (about the facts)

Characters in 澄清

澄 chéng — clear; limpid; to clarify
清 qīng — (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Where 澄清 lives

HSK 6 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 7–9 Practise Topic: Communication Practise Topic: Thinking and knowledge Practise

澄清 is pronounced chéngqīng and means “clarify”.