HSK 4 · Verbs

祝贺 zhùhè “to congratulate” in Chinese

Traditional 祝賀

What 祝贺 means

  1. to congratulate
  2. congratulations

Measure word 个 gè · 一个祝贺 yí ge zhùhè

How to say 祝贺

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale祝zhù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale贺hè4th tone, falling

祝贺 in a sentence

  1. 祝贺你。

    Zhùhè nǐ.

    Congratulations!

    Sentence #335058 from Tatoeba

  2. 他们祝贺我们的胜利。

    Tāmen zhùhè wǒmen de shènglì.

    They congratulated us on our victory.

    Sentence #779069 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 请接受我对您今天的成功最诚挚的祝贺。

    Qǐng jiēshòu wǒ duì nín jīntiān de chénggōng zuì chéngzhì de zhùhè.

    Please accept my sincerest congratulations on your success today.

    Sentence #884691 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 祝贺 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 祝 (zhù) with each of its parts in a different colour
祝zhùto pray for
  • 礻sign form of 示 · shì
  • 兄elder brother · xiōng
The character 贺 (hè) with each of its parts in a different colour
贺hèto congratulate
  • 加to add to · jiā
  • 贝sea shell · bèi

How to write 祝贺

祝 9 strokes · 贺 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 祝贺

Words with 祝

祝zhù · to wish (someone well)祝福zhùfú · blessing庆祝qìngzhù · to celebrate

More words: Common Verbs

整理zhěnglǐ · to arrange只好zhǐhǎo · to have no other option but to …指zhǐ · finger转zhuǎn · to turn赚zhuàn · to earn自信zìxìn · to have confidence in oneself租zū · to hire爱护àihù · to cherish

FAQs

祝贺 (zhùhè) means “to congratulate” or “congratulations”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it zhùhè: zhù with a 4th tone, then hè 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, 祝贺 is written 祝賀. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one to congratulate is 一个祝贺 (yí ge zhùhè).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuhe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 祝贺 from the suggestions. Typing zhuhe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
祝贺 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.