掌握 (zhǎngwò) means Grasp (control). Below are 6 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
掌握 一门外语很有用。
Zhǎngwò yì mén wàiyǔ hěn yǒuyòng.
Mastering a foreign language is very useful.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 掌握
他已经 掌握 了这个方法。
Tā yǐjīng zhǎngwò le zhège fāngfǎ.
He has already mastered this method.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 掌握
命运 掌握 在自己手里。
Mìngyùn zhǎngwò zài zìjǐ shǒu lǐ.
Your fate is in your own hands.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 命运
他只 掌握 了一些零星的情况。
Tā zhǐ zhǎngwò le yìxiē língxīng de qíngkuàng.
He has only picked up scattered bits of information.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 零星
真理往往 掌握 在少数人手里。
Zhēnlǐ wǎngwǎng zhǎngwò zài shǎoshù rén shǒu lǐ.
Truth is often held by a minority.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 真理
他 掌握 了基础，进而学习更难的内容。
Tā zhǎngwò le jīchǔ, jìn'ér xuéxí gèng nán de nèiróng.
He mastered the basics and went on to study harder material.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 进而
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Questions about 掌握
How is 掌握 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 掌握 (zhǎngwò, "Grasp (control)"), 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 掌握 an HSK word?
Yes — 掌握 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 掌握?
The dictionary page for 掌握 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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