Concept in Chinese
concept · HSK 5
概念
- 概 general
- 念 to read aloud
Counted with 个: 一个概念
我对这个概念还不太清楚。 I'm still not very clear about this concept.
Other ways to say concept
More words with 概 or 念
How do you say concept in Chinese?
Concept in Chinese is 概念 (gài niàn). You can also say 观念 (guān niàn), 理念 (lǐ niàn).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from our own dictionary. Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.