敷衍

敷衍 fūyǎn in a sentence

Perfunctory (unenthusiastic)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

敷衍 (fūyǎn) means Perfunctory (unenthusiastic). 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

做事不能 敷衍 了事。

Zuòshì bù néng fūyǎn liǎo shì.

One must not do a job in a perfunctory way.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 敷衍

他只是 敷衍 了几句就走了。

Tā zhǐshì fūyǎn le jǐ jù jiù zǒu le.

He fobbed me off with a few words and left.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 敷衍

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How is 敷衍 used in a sentence?

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

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Is 敷衍 an HSK word?

Yes — 敷衍 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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