Strict in Chinese
strict · HSK 4
严格
- 严 strict
- 格 square
我们老师很严格。 Our teacher is very strict.
Other ways to say strict
More words with 严 or 格
How do you say strict in Chinese?
Strict in Chinese is 严格 (yán gé). You can also say 严 (yán), 严肃 (yán sù).
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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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.