HSK 3 · Education, Work

句子 jùzi “sentence” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 句子 means

  1. sentence

Measure word 个 gè · 一个句子 yí ge jùzi

How to say 句子

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale句jù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own子zineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

句子 in a sentence

  1. 请把下面的句子翻译一下。

    Qǐng bǎ xiàmiàn de jùzi fānyì yíxià.

    Please translate the sentences below.

    Sentence #6213576 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 句子里有一个错误。

    Jùzi lǐ yǒu yí ge cuòwù.

    There’s a mistake in the sentence.

    Sentence #2776395 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我不是很清楚这个句子的意思。

    Wǒ bú shì hěn qīngchu zhè ge jùzi de yìsi.

    I’m not quite sure what this sentence means.

    Sentence #2886019 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 句子 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 句 (jù) with each of its parts in a different colour
句jùsentence
  • 勹wrap · bāo
  • 口mouth · kǒu
The character 子 (zi) with each of its parts in a different colour
子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子 “chair”
  • 了clear · le
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA baby with its arms out and its legs wrapped up.

How to write 句子

句 5 strokes · 子 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

句子 (jùzi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 句子 (jùzi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 句子

Words with 句

句jù · (m.w. for sentences)

Words with 子

儿子érzi · son椅子yǐzi · chair桌子zhuōzi · table杯子bēizi · cup妻子qīzi · wife孩子háizi · child本子běnzi · book子zi · (common noun suffix)裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat

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FAQs

句子 (jùzi) means “sentence”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it jùzi: jù with a 4th tone, then zi with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 句子 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one sentence is 一个句子 (yí ge jùzi).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type juzi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 句子 from the suggestions. Typing juzi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
句子 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.