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资格

zī gé · zi ge

Traditional 資格

HSK 3Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. qualifications
  2. seniority
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The singing contest

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)想(xiǎng)参加(cānjiā)唱歌(chànggē)比赛(bǐsài)吗(ma)？

    Do you want to join the singing contest?

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)不(bù)知道(zhīdào)我(wǒ)有(yǒu)没有(méiyǒu)资格(zīgé)。

    I do not know if I have the qualification.

  3. Liangliang

    满(mǎn)十八岁(shíbāsuì)才(cái)有(yǒu)资格(zīgé)。

    You must turn eighteen to have the qualification.

  4. Dengdeng

    太好了(tàihǎole)！我(wǒ)已经(yǐjīng)十八岁(shíbāsuì)了(le)，有(yǒu)资格(zīgé)了(le)！

    Great! I am already eighteen, so I have the qualification!

  5. Liangliang

    真的(zhēnde)吗(ma)？你(nǐ)上星期(shàngxīngqī)不是(bùshì)还(hái)说(shuō)你(nǐ)十七岁(shíqīsuì)吗(ma)？

    Really? Did you not say last week that you were seventeen?

  6. Dengdeng

    对(duì)，昨天(zuótiān)是(shì)我(wǒ)的(de)生日(shēngrì)。

    Yes. Yesterday was my birthday.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

亨(hēng)利(lì)因(yīn)为(wèi)伤(shāng)了(le)手(shǒu)臂(bì)而(ér)被(bèi)撤(chè)销(xiāo)了(le)比(bǐ)赛(sài)资(zī)格(gé)。

Harry had to back out of the competition because of a broken arm.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by darinmex · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)当(dāng)然(rán)有(yǒu)资(zī)格(gé)这(zhè)么(me)说(shuō)啦(la)。

I am certainly entitled to speak like this.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sysko · English by aeriph · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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资
zī

resources; capital

格
gé

square; frame

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