HSK 6 · Verbs

倡导 chàngdǎo “to advocate” in Chinese

Traditional 倡導

What 倡导 means

  1. to advocate
  2. to promote
  3. to initiate
  4. to propose
  5. to be a proponent of (an idea or school of thought)

How to say 倡导

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale倡chàng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale导dǎo3rd tone, dipping

倡导 in a sentence

  1. 学校倡导学生多读书。

    Xuéxiào chàngdǎo xuésheng duō dúshū.

    The school encourages students to read more.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我们倡导绿色出行。

    Wǒmen chàngdǎo lǜsè chūxíng.

    We promote green travel.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 倡导 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 倡 (chàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
倡chàngto initiate
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 昌sunlight · chāng
The character 导 (dǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
导dǎoto transmit
  • 巳part of the character
  • 寸inch · cùn

How to write 倡导

倡 10 strokes · 导 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 倡导

Words with 倡

提倡tíchàng · to promote倡议chàngyì · to propose

Words with 导

导游dǎoyóu · tour guide导致dǎozhì · to lead to指导zhǐdǎo · to guide辅导fǔdǎo · to give guidance导演dǎoyǎn · director (of a film or play)领导lǐngdǎo · leader引导yǐndǎo · to guide主导zhǔdǎo · dominant导弹dǎodàn · guided missile导航dǎoháng · navigation

More words: Thinking & Talking

不敢当bùgǎndāng · I don’t deserve such praise采纳cǎinà · to adopt参谋cānmóu · adviser参照cānzhào · to refer to倡议chàngyì · to propose阐述chǎnshù · to expound嘲笑cháoxiào · to mock承诺chéngnuò · to promise

FAQs

倡导 (chàngdǎo) means “to advocate” or “to promote”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chàngdǎo: chàng with a 4th tone, then dǎo with a 3rd 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, 倡导 is written 倡導. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type changdao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 倡导 from the suggestions. Typing changdao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
倡导 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.