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Occasion in Chinese

occasion · HSK 6

场合 chǎng hé

  1. 场 chǎng place
  2. 合 hé to close

在正式场合要穿西装。 You should wear a suit on formal occasions.

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Other ways to say occasion

More words with 场 or 合

How do you say occasion in Chinese?

Occasion in Chinese is 场合 (chǎng hé). You can also say 场面 (chǎng miàn).

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.

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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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