HSK 6 · Verbs

鞭策 biāncè “to spur on” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 鞭策 means

  1. to spur on
  2. to urge on
  3. to encourage sb (e.g. to make progress)

How to say 鞭策

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale鞭biān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale策cè4th tone, falling

鞭策 in a sentence

  1. 杰西鞭策小毛驴前进。

    Jiéxī biāncè xiǎo máolǘ qiánjìn.

    Jessie urged the little donkey on.

    Sentence #859246 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 鞭策 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 鞭 (biān) with each of its parts in a different colour
鞭biānwhip or lash
  • 革leather · géMeaning part
  • 便easy · biànSound part

革 hints at the meaning (leather); 便 (biàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with biān.

The character 策 (cè) with each of its parts in a different colour
策cèpolicy
  • ⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhúMeaning part
  • 朿thorn · cìSound part

⺮ hints at the meaning (bamboo); 朿 (cì) hints at the sound. Compare it with cè.

How to write 鞭策

鞭 18 strokes · 策 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 鞭策

Words with 鞭

鞭炮biānpào · firecrackers

Words with 策

策划cèhuà · to plan决策juécè · to make a policy decision政策zhèngcè · policy策略cèlüè · strategy对策duìcè · countermeasure

More words: Thinking & Talking

尊敬zūnjìng · to respect暗示ànshì · to hint拜托bàituō · to ask a favour保密bǎomì · to keep something secret贬低biǎndī · to belittle辩解biànjiě · to justify辨认biànrèn · to identify表态biǎotài · to state one’s position

FAQs

鞭策 (biāncè) means “to spur on” or “to urge on”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it biāncè: biān with a 1st tone, then cè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 鞭策 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type biance with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 鞭策 from the suggestions. Typing biance into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
鞭策 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.