冲动

冲动 chōngdòng in a sentence

To have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse; urge†

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

冲动 (chōngdòng) means To have an urge, to be impetuous, impulse †. Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

做决定的时候不要太 冲动 。

Zuò juédìng de shíhou bú yào tài chōngdòng.

Don't be too impulsive when making a decision.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 冲动

他一时 冲动 说了很重的话。

Tā yìshí chōngdòng shuō le hěn zhòng de huà.

On a momentary impulse he said something very harsh.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 冲动

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How is 冲动 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 冲动 (chōngdòng, "To have an urge, to be impetuous, impulse, urge †"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

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Is 冲动 an HSK word?

Yes — 冲动 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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