HSK 6 · Verbs

支援 zhīyuán “to support” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 支援 means

  1. to support
  2. to aid
  3. to assist
  4. to provide assistance
  5. to back

How to say 支援

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale支zhī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale援yuán2nd tone, rising

支援 in a sentence

  1. 当然我接受了他的支援请求。

    Dāngrán wǒ jiēshòu le tā de zhīyuán qǐngqiú.

    Of course I accepted his request for support.

    Sentence #1438476 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 支援 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 支 (zhī) with each of its parts in a different colour
支zhīto support
  • 十ten · shí
  • 又again · yòu
The character 援 (yuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
援yuánto help
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 爰to lead on to · yuán

How to write 支援

支 4 strokes · 援 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 支援

Words with 支

支持zhīchí · to support支zhī · measure word for pens支票zhīpiào · cheque支撑zhīchēng · to support支配zhīpèi · to control开支kāizhī · expenses支出zhīchū · expenditure支流zhīliú · tributary (river)支柱zhīzhù · pillar

More words: Common Verbs

折腾zhēteng · to toss and turn支撑zhīchēng · to support指定zhǐdìng · to appoint支配zhīpèi · to control制约zhìyuē · to restrict制止zhìzhǐ · to stop中断zhōngduàn · to interrupt终止zhōngzhǐ · to terminate

FAQs

支援 (zhīyuán) means “to support” or “to aid”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhīyuán: zhī with a 1st tone, then yuán with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 支援 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhiyuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 支援 from the suggestions. Typing zhiyuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
支援 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.