HSK 6 · Verbs

倡议 chàngyì “to propose” in Chinese

Traditional 倡議

What 倡议 means

  1. to propose
  2. proposal
  3. initiative
  4. to suggest
  5. to initiate

How to say 倡议

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale议yì4th tone, falling

倡议 in a sentence

  1. 他倡议大家节约用水。

    Tā chàngyì dàjiā jiéyuē yòng shuǐ.

    He proposed that everyone save water.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 大家都积极响应这个倡议。

    Dàjiā dōu jījí xiǎngyìng zhè ge chàngyì.

    Everyone responded keenly to the proposal.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 倡议 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 议 (yì) with each of its parts in a different colour
议yìto comment on
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 义right conduct · yìSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 义 (yì) hints at the sound. Compare it with yì.

How to write 倡议

倡 10 strokes · 议 5 strokes

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

Words related to 倡议

Words with 倡

提倡tíchàng · to promote倡导chàngdǎo · to advocate

Words with 议

会议huìyì · meeting建议jiànyì · to propose议论yìlùn · to comment提议tíyì · to propose协议xiéyì · agreement抗议kàngyì · to protest争议zhēngyì · dispute不可思议bùkěsīyì · unimaginable

More words: Thinking & Talking

采纳cǎinà · to adopt参谋cānmóu · adviser参照cānzhào · to refer to倡导chàngdǎo · to advocate阐述chǎnshù · to expound嘲笑cháoxiào · to mock承诺chéngnuò · to promise澄清chéngqīng · to clarify

FAQs

倡议 (chàngyì) means “to propose” or “proposal”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chàngyì: chàng with a 4th tone, then yì with a 4th 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, 倡议 is written 倡議. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type changyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 倡议 from the suggestions. Typing changyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
倡议 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.