印象
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 4
印象 (yìnxiàng) · impression
印象 (yìnxiàng) means “impression”. It is written with 2 characters: 印 (print) + 象 (elephant). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 印象 is built
The characters
印 yìn · print
What 印 is made of
- 卩jié — seal
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Origin hint: A hand 爪 stamping a seal 卩 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
象 xiàng · elephant
What 象 is made of
- ⺈ — top shape
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 豕shǐ — pig
Origin hint: boar (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我对这个城市的印象很好。Wǒ duì zhège chéngshì de yìnxiàng hěn hǎo.I have a good impression of this city.
你对他有印象吗？Nǐ duì tā yǒu yìnxiàng ma?Do you remember him?
Questions about 印象
What does 印象 mean?
印象 (yìnxiàng) means “impression”.
How do you pronounce 印象?
印象 is pronounced yìnxiàng.
Which HSK level is 印象?
印象 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 打印dǎyìnto print
- 复印fùyìnto photocopy
- 印刷yìnshuāprinting
- 打印机dǎyìnjīprinter
- 对象duìxiàngboyfriend or girlfriend
- 现象xiànxiàngphenomenon
- 形象xíngxiàngimage
- 想象xiǎngxiàngto imagine
- 抽象chōuxiàngabstract
- 大象dàxiàngelephant
Learn 印象 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 61: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.