HSK 4 · Verbs

计划 jìhuà “plan” in Chinese

Traditional 計劃

What 计划 means

  1. plan
  2. project
  3. programme
  4. to map out

Measure word 个 gè or 项 xiàng · 一个计划 yí ge jìhuà

How to say 计划

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale计jì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale划huà4th tone, falling

计划 in a sentence

  1. 你周末有什么计划？

    Nǐ zhōumò yǒu shénme jìhuà?

    What are your weekend plans?

    Sentence #836230 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 我们需要做计划。

    Wǒmen xūyào zuò jìhuà.

    We need to make a plan.

    Sentence #5907508 from Tatoeba

  3. 关于计划他什么也不知道。

    Guānyú jìhuà tā shénme yě bù zhīdao.

    He doesn’t know anything about the plan.

    Sentence #3774667 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 计划 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 计 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
计jìto calculate
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 十ten · shíSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 十 (shí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jì.

The character 划 (huà) with each of its parts in a different colour
划huàto delimit
  • 戈halberd · gē
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo

How to write 计划

计 4 strokes · 划 6 strokes

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

Words related to 计划

Words with 计

估计gūjì · to estimate计算jìsuàn · to count会计kuàijì · accountant设计shèjì · to design计较jìjiào · to fuss over共计gòngjì · to total统计tǒngjì · statistics千方百计qiānfāngbǎijì · by every possible means

Words with 划

划huá · to row划分huàfēn · to divide策划cèhuà · to plan规划guīhuà · plan

More words: Thinking & Talking

感谢gǎnxiè · (express) thanks怀疑huáiyí · to doubt回忆huíyì · to recall建议jiànyì · to propose交流jiāoliú · to exchange解释jiěshì · explanation拒绝jùjué · to refuse看法kànfǎ · way of looking at a thing

FAQs

计划 (jìhuà) means “plan” or “project”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jìhuà: jì with a 4th tone, then huà with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 计划 is written 計劃. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè) or 项 (xiàng). For example, one plan is 一个计划 (yí ge jìhuà).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jihua with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 计划 from the suggestions. Typing jihua into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
计划 is an HSK 4 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.