HSK 3 · Situations & Conditions

情况

qíng kuàng

situation

Stroke order of 情况

2 characters, 18 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

情 · 11 strokes况 · 7 strokes

Memory trick

A heart 忄 and ice 冫 compared 兄 describe how things stand: the situation.

Parts: 情: 忄 heart + 青 green/blue; 况: 冫 ice + 兄 elder brother

Example sentence

那里的情况怎么样？

What is the situation like there?

Words with 情

爱情love; romance 心情mood 热情warm; enthusiastic 事情matter; thing 感情emotion; feeling 情感emotion; feeling

Words with 况

状况condition; state

More words: Situations & Conditions

状况condition; state 状态state; condition 环ring; link 场合occasion 过程process 现象phenomenon 现实reality; realistic 事实fact 事实上in fact 实际上actually; in fact 真实real; true 存在to exist 生存to survive 命运fate; destiny 人生life 日常daily; everyday

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