HSK 4 · Function Words

顺序 shùnxù “sequence” in Chinese

Traditional 順序

What 顺序 means

  1. sequence
  2. order

How to say 顺序

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale顺shùn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale序xù4th tone, falling

顺序 in a sentence

  1. 我们应该把学生的名字跟着字母顺序来安排。

    Wǒmen yīnggāi bǎ xuésheng de míngzi gēnzhe zìmǔ shùnxù lái ānpái.

    We should arrange the students’ names in alphabetical order.

    Sentence #2585790 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 清单依字母顺序排序。

    Qīngdān yī zìmǔ shùnxù páixù.

    The list is in alphabetical order.

    Sentence #13942862 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 顺序 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 顺 (shùn) with each of its parts in a different colour
顺shùnto obey
  • 川stream · chuānSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 川 (chuān) hints at the sound. Compare it with shùn.

The character 序 (xù) with each of its parts in a different colour
序xùorder; sequence
  • 广shelter · guǎngMeaning part
  • 予to give · yúSound part

广 hints at the meaning (shelter); 予 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with xù.

How to write 顺序

顺 9 strokes · 序 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 顺序

Words with 顺

顺利shùnlì · smoothly顺便shùnbiàn · conveniently孝顺xiàoshùn · filial一帆风顺yìfānfēngshùn · plain sailing

Words with 序

秩序zhìxù · order (orderly state)程序chéngxù · procedures次序cìxù · order序言xùyán · preface循序渐进xúnxùjiànjìn · to progress step by step

More words: Particles & Connectors

是否shìfǒu · whether (or not)实在shízài · really首先shǒuxiān · first (of all)顺便shùnbiàn · conveniently随便suíbiàn · as one wishes随着suízhe · along with所有suǒyǒu · all台tái · measure word for machines (a TV

FAQs

顺序 (shùnxù) means “sequence” or “order”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it shùnxù: shùn with a 4th tone, then xù 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, 顺序 is written 順序. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shunxu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 顺序 from the suggestions. Typing shunxu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
顺序 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.