HSK 5 · Adjectives

完善 wánshàn “complete” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 完善 means

  1. complete
  2. well-developed
  3. to improve
  4. (of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive
  5. excellent
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to refine

How to say 完善

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale完wán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale善shàn4th tone, falling

完善 in a sentence

  1. 这个系统存在着许多缺陷和不尽完善的地方。

    Zhè ge xìtǒng cúnzài zhe xǔduō quēxiàn hé bújìn wánshàn de dìfang.

    This system has many flaws and areas that still need improving.

    Sentence #604465 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 完善 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 完 (wán) with each of its parts in a different colour
完wánto finish
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 元first · yuánSound part

宀 hints at the meaning (roof); 元 (yuán) hints at the sound. Compare it with wán.

Memory aidPicture a house 宀 finished from the first 元 brick to the last: whole, finished.

The character 善 (shàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
善shàngood
  • 羊sheep · yáng
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 一one · yī
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 完善

完 7 strokes · 善 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 完善

Words with 完

完wán · to finish完成wánchéng · to complete完全wánquán · complete完美wánměi · perfect完整wánzhěng · complete完毕wánbì · to finish完备wánbèi · complete

Words with 善

善于shànyú · to be good at改善gǎishàn · to make better善良shànliáng · good and honest妥善tuǒshàn · appropriate慈善císhàn · charity

More words: Adjectives

透明tòumíng · transparent突出tūchū · prominent歪wāi · askew完美wánměi · perfect完整wánzhěng · complete伟大wěidà · great温暖wēnnuǎn · warm温柔wēnróu · gentle

FAQs

完善 (wánshàn) means “complete” or “well-developed”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it wánshàn: wán with a 2nd tone, then shàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 完善 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wanshan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 完善 from the suggestions. Typing wanshan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
完善 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.