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How to write 克

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克 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 4. An upper-intermediate band covering a wider range of everyday and work topics.

克 in a sentence

• 这zhè个gè苹píng果guǒ重zhòng两liǎng百bǎi克kè。

  This apple weighs two hundred grams.

• 请qǐng给gěi我wǒ五wǔ百bǎi克kè肉ròu。

  Please give me five hundred grams of meat.

• 一yī公gōng斤jīn等děng于yú一yī千qiān克kè。

  One kilogram equals one thousand grams.

克 vs 千克 vs 公斤

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 千克 qiān kè kilogram

  千 'thousand' + 克 = kilogram — the standard unit; also called 公斤 in speech.

• 公斤 gōng jīn kilogram (colloquial)

  The everyday spoken 'kilo' — 一公斤苹果 'a kilo of apples'. Same as 千克.