HSK 6 · Verbs

参谋 cānmóu “adviser” in Chinese

Traditional 參謀

What 参谋 means

  1. adviser
  2. to give advice
  3. staff officer

How to say 参谋

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale参cān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale谋móu2nd tone, rising

参谋 in a sentence

  1. 买衣服的时候，我常让姐姐帮我参谋参谋。

    Mǎi yīfu de shíhou, wǒ cháng ràng jiějie bāng wǒ cānmóu cānmóu.

    When I buy clothes, I often ask my sister for her advice.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 你给我当个参谋，看看哪个好。

    Nǐ gěi wǒ dāng ge cānmóu, kànkan nǎge hǎo.

    Be my adviser and tell me which one is better.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 参谋 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 参 (cān) with each of its parts in a different colour
参cānto take part in
  • 厶private · sī
  • 大big · dà
  • 彡bristle · shānSound part
The character 谋 (móu) with each of its parts in a different colour
谋móuto plan
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 某some · mǒuSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 某 (mǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with móu.

How to write 参谋

参 8 strokes · 谋 11 strokes

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

Words related to 参谋

Words with 参

参加cānjiā · participate参观cānguān · to look around参考cānkǎo · to consult参与cānyù · to take part (in)参照cānzhào · to refer to

Words with 谋

谋求móuqiú · to seek阴谋yīnmóu · plot

More words: Thinking & Talking

辨认biànrèn · to identify表态biǎotài · to state one’s position不敢当bùgǎndāng · I don’t deserve such praise采纳cǎinà · to adopt参照cānzhào · to refer to倡导chàngdǎo · to advocate倡议chàngyì · to propose阐述chǎnshù · to expound

FAQs

参谋 (cānmóu) means “adviser” or “to give advice”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it cānmóu: cān with a 1st tone, then móu with a 2nd 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, 参谋 is written 參謀. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type canmou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 参谋 from the suggestions. Typing canmou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
参谋 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.