指甲

指甲 zhījia in a sentence

Fingernail

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

指甲 (zhījia) means Fingernail. 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

他把 指甲 剪短了。

Tā bǎ zhǐjia jiǎn duǎn le.

He cut his nails short.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 指甲

指甲 的颜色能反映健康状况。

Zhǐjia de yánsè néng fǎnyìng jiànkāng zhuàngkuàng.

The colour of the nails can reflect one's health.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 指甲

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How is 指甲 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 指甲 (zhījia, "Fingernail"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

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Is 指甲 an HSK word?

Yes — 指甲 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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