HSK 5 · Verbs

签 qiān “to sign (one’s name)” in Chinese

Traditional 簽

What 签 means

  1. to sign (one’s name)
  2. to write brief comments on a document
  3. visa

How to say 签

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale签qiān1st tone, high and level

签 in a sentence

  1. 我今天签了租约。

    Wǒ jīntiān qiān le zūyuē.

    I signed the lease today.

    Sentence #5670779 from Tatoeba

  2. 别用铅笔签合同。

    Bié yòng qiānbǐ qiān hétong.

    Don’t sign the contract in pencil.

    Sentence #5663461 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 请你在这个地方签个字。

    Qǐng nǐ zài zhè ge dìfang qiān ge zì.

    Please sign here.

    Sentence #420592 from Tatoeba

How 签 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 签 (qiān) with each of its parts in a different colour
签qiānto sign one’s name
  • ⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhúMeaning part
  • 佥all · qiānSound part

⺮ hints at the meaning (bamboo); 佥 (qiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with qiān.

How to write 签

签 13 strokes

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

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

Words related to 签

Words with 签

签证qiānzhèng · visa签署qiānshǔ · to sign (an agreement)

More words: Common Verbs

靠kào · to lean on扩大kuòdà · to expand亮liàng · bright碰pèng · to touch伤害shānghài · to hurt湿润shīrùn · moist摔倒shuāidǎo · to fall over随身suíshēn · to carry with you

FAQs

签 (qiān) means “to sign (one’s name)” or “to write brief comments on a document”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it qiān: qiān with a 1st 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, 签 is written 簽. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 签 from the suggestions. Typing qian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
签 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.