HSK 5 · Verbs

参与 cānyù “to take part (in)” in Chinese

Traditional 參與

What 参与 means

  1. to take part (in)
  2. to participate
  3. to participate (in sth)

How to say 参与

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale参cān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale与yù4th tone, falling

参与 in a sentence

  1. 我没有参与对话。

    Wǒ méiyǒu cānyù duìhuà.

    I didn’t take part in the conversation.

    Sentence #462046 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 非常感谢你的参与！

    Fēicháng gǎnxiè nǐ de cānyù!

    Thank you very much for taking part!

    Sentence #918506 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 奥运会重要的是参与，不是获胜。

    Àoyùnhuì zhòngyào de shì cānyù, bú shì huòshèng.

    What matters at the Olympics is taking part, not winning.

    Sentence #334991 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 参与 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 参 (cān) with each of its parts in a different colour
参cānto take part in
  • 厶private · sī
  • 大big · dà
  • 彡bristle · shānSound part
The character 与 (yǔ) drawn as one shape
与yùto take part in

与 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 参与

参 8 strokes · 与 3 strokes

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

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

Words related to 参与

Words with 参

参加cānjiā · participate参观cānguān · to look around参考cānkǎo · to consult参谋cānmóu · adviser参照cānzhào · to refer to

Words with 与

与yǔ · and与其yǔqí · rather than (与其 A，不如 B: B rather than A)与日俱增yǔrìjùzēng · to grow day by day

More words: Common Verbs

表现biǎoxiàn · to show补充bǔchōng · to replenish采取cǎiqǔ · to adopt or carry out (measures踩cǎi · to step on插chā · to insert拆chāi · to tear open产生chǎnshēng · to produce吵chǎo · to quarrel

FAQs

参与 (cānyù) means “to take part (in)” or “to participate”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it cānyù: cān with a 1st tone, then yù 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, 参与 is written 參與. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type canyu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 参与 from the suggestions. Typing canyu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
参与 is an HSK 5 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.