参考 (cānkǎo) means Consult (reference). Below are 4 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
这本书可以作为 参考 。
Zhè běn shū kěyǐ zuòwéi cānkǎo.
This book can serve as a reference.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 参考
写论文时我 参考 了很多资料。
Xiě lùnwén shí wǒ cānkǎo le hěn duō zīliào.
I consulted a lot of material when writing the paper.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 参考
这本书可以作为 参考 书。
Zhè běn shū kěyǐ zuòwéi cānkǎo shū.
This book can serve as a reference work.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 作为
这本书是权威的 参考 资料。
Zhè běn shū shì quánwēi de cānkǎo zīliào.
This book is an authoritative reference.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 权威
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How is 参考 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 参考 (cānkǎo, "Consult (reference)"), 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 参考 an HSK word?
Yes — 参考 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
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The dictionary page for 参考 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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