情况 (qíngkuàng) means Circumstances (situation). Below are 24 of the 37 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
请介绍一下这里的 情况 。
Qǐng jièshào yíxià zhèlǐ de qíngkuàng.
Please describe the situation here.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 情况
现在的 情况 有点儿复杂。
Xiànzài de qíngkuàng yǒudiǎnr fùzá.
The current situation is a bit complicated.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 情况
这种 情况 很普遍。
Zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng hěn pǔbiàn.
This situation is very common.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 普遍
情况 在逐步改善。
Qíngkuàng zài zhúbù gǎishàn.
The situation is improving step by step.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 逐步
当时的 情况 很复杂。
Dāngshí de qíngkuàng hěn fùzá.
The situation at the time was complicated.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 当时
他熟悉这里的 情况 。
Tā shúxī zhèlǐ de qíngkuàng.
He is familiar with the situation here.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 熟悉
情况 仍旧没有好转。
Qíngkuàng réngjiù méiyǒu hǎozhuǎn.
The situation still has not improved.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 仍旧
这种 情况 时常发生。
Zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng shícháng fāshēng.
This kind of situation happens often.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 时常
请详细介绍一下 情况 。
Qǐng xiángxì jièshào yíxià qíngkuàng.
Please describe the situation in detail.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 详细
这是一个特殊的 情况 。
Zhè shì yí ge tèshū de qíngkuàng.
This is a special situation.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 特殊
病人的 情况 已经稳定。
Bìngrén de qíngkuàng yǐjīng wěndìng.
The patient's condition has stabilised.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 稳定
请简要说明一下 情况 。
Qǐng jiǎnyào shuōmíng yíxià qíngkuàng.
Please explain the situation briefly.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 简要
实际 情况 跟计划不一样。
Shíjì qíngkuàng gēn jìhuà bù yíyàng.
The real situation is different from the plan.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 实际
请叙述一下当时的 情况 。
Qǐng xùshù yíxià dāngshí de qíngkuàng.
Please describe what happened at the time.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 叙述
计划要立足于实际 情况 。
Jìhuà yào lìzú yú shíjì qíngkuàng.
The plan must be based on actual conditions.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 立足
今年的 情况 和以往不同。
Jīnnián de qíngkuàng hé yǐwǎng bùtóng.
This year's situation differs from the past.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 以往
请综合考虑各方面的 情况 。
Qǐng zōnghé kǎolǜ gè fāngmiàn de qíngkuàng.
Please consider all aspects together.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 综合
请你交代清楚当时的 情况 。
Qǐng nǐ jiāodài qīngchu dāngshí de qíngkuàng.
Please give a clear account of what happened at the time.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 交代
截至目前， 情况 还算稳定。
Jiézhì mùqián, qíngkuàng hái suàn wěndìng.
Up to now the situation has been fairly stable.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 截至
决策之前要充分了解 情况 。
Juécè zhīqián yào chōngfèn liǎojiě qíngkuàng.
One must fully understand the situation before deciding.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 决策
情况 紧急，救援刻不容缓。
Qíngkuàng jǐnjí, jiùyuán kèbùrónghuǎn.
The situation is urgent; the rescue cannot wait a moment.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 刻不容缓
类似的 情况 以前也发生过。
Lèisì de qíngkuàng yǐqián yě fāshēng guo.
A similar situation has happened before.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 类似
前面有 情况 ，他猛地刹车。
Qiánmiàn yǒu qíngkuàng, tā měng de shā chē.
Something happened ahead and he braked hard.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 刹车
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情况 appears in 37 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 情况
How is 情况 used in a sentence?
This page shows 37 sentences using 情况 (qíngkuàng, "Circumstances (situation)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 情况 an HSK word?
Yes — 情况 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
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