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Powerful in Chinese

powerful · HSK 4

强 qiáng

他的学习能力很强。 He has a strong ability to learn.

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How do you say powerful in Chinese?

Powerful in Chinese is 强 (qiáng). You can also say 强大 (qiáng dà), 有力 (yǒu lì).

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?

The CC-CEDICT 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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