缺席
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

缺席

quēxí

to be absent

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

to be absent

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Usage notes and example sentences are hand-written, so they exist for only a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 缺席

What does 缺席 mean in Chinese?

缺席 (quēxí) means to be absent.

How do you pronounce 缺席?

缺席 is pronounced quēxí.

Is 缺席 an HSK word?

缺席 is on the HSK 7-9 list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

What part of speech is 缺席?

缺席 is used as a 动词 (verb) in Chinese.

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