# 境遇 (jìngyù)

In Mandarin Chinese, 境遇 (jìngyù) means “circumstances; one's lot in life”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: circumstances; one's lot in life
- Pinyin: jìngyù (jing4 yu4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他们两人的境遇非常相似。
  Tāmen liǎng rén de jìngyù fēicháng xiāngsì.
  Their life circumstances were very similar.

## Characters

- 境 (jìng): border; place
- [遇](https://hanziro.com/word/yu-meet/) (yù): to meet; to encounter

https://hanziro.com/word/jing-yu-circumstances/

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