HSK 4 · Emotions

态度 tàidu “attitude” in Chinese

Traditional 態度

What 态度 means

  1. attitude
  2. manner
  3. bearing
  4. approach

Measure word 个 gè · 一个态度 yí ge tàidu

How to say 态度

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale态tài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own度duneutral tone, light and short

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

态度 in a sentence

  1. 我不喜欢她说话的态度。

    Wǒ bù xǐhuan tā shuōhuà de tàidu.

    I don’t like the way she speaks.

    Sentence #1777929 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我希望改进自己的工作态度。

    Wǒ xīwàng gǎijìn zìjǐ de gōngzuò tàidu.

    I hope to improve my attitude to work.

    Sentence #814214 from Tatoeba

  3. 试着用积极的态度去面对任何事情。

    Shìzhe yòng jījí de tàidu qù miànduì rènhé shìqing.

    Try to have a positive attitude about everything.

    Sentence #1719651 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 态度 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 态 (tài) with each of its parts in a different colour
态tàiappearance
  • 太very · tàiSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 太 (tài) hints at the sound. Compare it with tài.

The character 度 (du) with each of its parts in a different colour
度duto pass
  • 广shelter · guǎng
  • 廿twenty · niàn
  • 又again · yòu

How to write 态度

态 8 strokes · 度 9 strokes

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

Words related to 态度

Words with 态

状态zhuàngtài · condition神态shéntài · expression表态biǎotài · to state one’s position心态xīntài · mindset生态shēngtài · ecology动态dòngtài · trend事态shìtài · situation形态xíngtài · form姿态zītài · posture

Words with 度

温度wēndù · temperature速度sùdù · speed度dù · degree度过dùguò · to pass制度zhìdù · system (of rules)程度chéngdù · degree角度jiǎodù · angle季度jìdù · quarter (of a year)年度niándù · year (e.g. financial year)一度yídù · once

More words: Emotions & Feelings

难受nánshòu · to feel unwell失败shībài · to fail失望shīwàng · disappointed受不了shòubùliǎo · unbearable讨厌tǎoyàn · to dislike同情tóngqíng · to sympathise with无聊wúliáo · bored羡慕xiànmù · to envy

FAQs

态度 (tàidu) means “attitude” or “manner”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it tàidu: tài with a 4th tone, then du with a neutral 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, 态度 is written 態度. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one attitude is 一个态度 (yí ge tàidu).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type taidu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 态度 from the suggestions. Typing taidu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
态度 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.