HSK 5 · Verbs

祝福 zhùfú “blessing” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 祝福 means

  1. blessing
  2. good wishes
  3. to wish someone well
  4. blessings
  5. to wish sb well

How to say 祝福

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale祝zhù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale福fú2nd tone, rising

祝福 in a sentence

  1. 谢谢你的祝福。

    Xièxie nǐ de zhùfú.

    Thanks for your good wishes.

    Sentence #7787475 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我们所有人都祝福你。

    Wǒmen suǒyǒurén dōu zhùfú nǐ.

    We all wish you well.

    Sentence #2819988 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 所有的思念与祝福都包进了那薄薄的饺子皮里。

    Suǒyǒu de sīniàn yǔ zhùfú dōu bāo jìn le nà báobáo de jiǎozi pí lǐ.

    All the longing and good wishes are wrapped up in those thin dumpling skins.

    Sentence #757023 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 祝福 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 祝 (zhù) with each of its parts in a different colour
祝zhùto pray for
  • 礻sign form of 示 · shì
  • 兄elder brother · xiōng
The character 福 (fú) with each of its parts in a different colour
福fúgood fortune
  • 礻sign form of 示 · shìMeaning part
  • 畐to fillSound part

礻 hints at the meaning (sign); 畐 () hints at the sound. Compare it with fú.

How to write 祝福

祝 9 strokes · 福 13 strokes

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

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

Words related to 祝福

Words with 祝

祝zhù · to wish (someone well)祝贺zhùhè · to congratulate庆祝qìngzhù · to celebrate

Words with 福

幸福xìngfú · happiness福利fúlì · welfare福气fúqi · good fortune

More words: Thinking & Talking

争论zhēnglùn · to argue征求zhēngqiú · to solicit智慧zhìhuì · wisdom主张zhǔzhāng · to advocate转告zhuǎngào · to pass on咨询zīxún · to consult尊敬zūnjìng · to respect暗示ànshì · to hint

FAQs

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