HSK 6 · Body

疲倦 píjuàn “tired” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 疲倦 means

  1. tired
  2. weary
  3. to tyre

How to say 疲倦

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale疲pí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale倦juàn4th tone, falling

疲倦 in a sentence

  1. 你看起来很疲倦。

    Nǐ kànqǐlai hěn píjuàn.

    You look tired.

    Sentence #819306 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 疲倦 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 疲 (pí) with each of its parts in a different colour
疲píweary
  • 疒sickness · nèMeaning part
  • 皮skin · píSound part

疒 hints at the meaning (sickness); 皮 (pí) hints at the sound. Compare it with pí.

The character 倦 (juàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
倦juàntired; weary; fatigued
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 卷book · juǎn

How to write 疲倦

疲 10 strokes · 倦 10 strokes

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

Words related to 疲倦

Words with 疲

疲劳píláo · tired疲惫píbèi · exhausted

More words: People, Body & Health

目光mùguāng · gaze呕吐ǒutù · to vomit疲惫píbèi · exhausted屁股pìgu · bottom器官qìguān · organ (of the body)气色qìsè · complexion拳头quántou · fist瘸qué · lame

FAQs

疲倦 (píjuàn) means “tired” or “weary”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it píjuàn: pí with a 2nd tone, then juàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 疲倦 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type pijuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 疲倦 from the suggestions. Typing pijuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
疲倦 is an HSK 6 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.