HSK 4 · Objects

内容 nèiróng “content” in Chinese

Traditional 內容

What 内容 means

  1. content
  2. substance
  3. details

Measure word 项 xiàng · 一项内容 yí xiàng nèiróng

How to say 内容

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale内nèi4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale容róng2nd tone, rising

内容 in a sentence

  1. 这本书的内容是什么？

    Zhè běn shū de nèiróng shì shénme?

    What is the book about?

    Sentence #1872274 from Tatoeba

  2. 以下是我写的内容。

    Yǐxià shì wǒ xiě de nèiróng.

    Here’s what I wrote.

    Sentence #13992597 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 关于下面的内容，我想确认两件事情。

    Guānyú xiàmiàn de nèiróng, wǒ xiǎng quèrèn liǎng jiàn shìqing.

    I’d like to confirm two things about the content below.

    Sentence #1506939 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 内容 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 内 (nèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
内nèiinside
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 人person · rén
The character 容 (róng) with each of its parts in a different colour
容róngto hold
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 谷valley · gǔ

Memory aidA roof 宀 over a valley 谷, with room to hold things: to contain.

How to write 内容

内 4 strokes · 容 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 内容

Words with 内

内nèi · inside内科nèikē · internal medicine内部nèibù · inside内在nèizài · inner内幕nèimù · inside story内涵nèihán · connotation

Words with 容

容易róngyì · easy形容xíngróng · to describe容貌róngmào · looks阵容zhènróng · line-up (of a team or cast)容纳róngnà · to hold从容cóngróng · calm宽容kuānróng · tolerant容忍róngrěn · to tolerate容器róngqì · container刻不容缓kèbùrónghuǎn · extremely urgent

More words: Everyday Things

垃圾桶lājītǒng · rubbish bin老虎lǎohǔ · tiger毛巾máojīn · towel目的mùdì · purpose脾气píqi · temper乒乓球pīngpāngqiú · table tennis桥qiáo · bridge情况qíngkuàng · circumstances

FAQs

内容 (nèiróng) means “content” or “substance”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it nèiróng: nèi with a 4th tone, then róng with a 2nd 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, 内容 is written 內容. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 项 (xiàng). For example, one content is 一项内容 (yí xiàng nèiróng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type neirong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 内容 from the suggestions. Typing neirong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
内容 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.