HSK 6 · Adjectives

充实 chōngshí “rich” in Chinese

Traditional 充實

What 充实 means

  1. rich
  2. substantial
  3. to enrich
  4. full
  5. to augment
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to substantiate (an argument)

How to say 充实

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale充chōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale实shí2nd tone, rising

充实 in a sentence

  1. 这个周末过得很充实。

    Zhè ge zhōumò guò de hěn chōngshí.

    This weekend was really full and rewarding.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 多读书可以充实自己。

    Duō dúshū kěyǐ chōngshí zìjǐ.

    Reading more is a good way to enrich yourself.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 充实 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 充 (chōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
充chōngsufficient; full
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 允to grant · yǔn
The character 实 (shí) with each of its parts in a different colour
实shíreal
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 头head · tóu

Memory aidSimplified from 實, a house 宀 full of strings of coins: solid, real.

How to write 充实

充 6 strokes · 实 8 strokes

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

Words related to 充实

Words with 充

补充bǔchōng · to replenish充满chōngmǎn · to be full of充分chōngfèn · ample充电器chōngdiànqì · battery charger充当chōngdāng · to serve as扩充kuòchōng · to expand冒充màochōng · to pass oneself off as充沛chōngpèi · abundant充足chōngzú · sufficient

Words with 实

其实qíshí · actually诚实chéngshí · honest实际shíjì · actual确实quèshí · indeed实在shízài · really实际上shíjìshàng · in fact果实guǒshí · fruit (of a plant)实话shíhuà · truth实现shíxiàn · to achieve结实jiēshi · sturdy

More words: Adjectives

持久chíjiǔ · lasting吃力chīlì · strenuous崇高chónggāo · lofty充沛chōngpèi · abundant充足chōngzú · sufficient丑恶chǒu'è · ugly稠密chóumì · dense初步chūbù · initial

FAQs

充实 (chōngshí) means “rich” or “substantial”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chōngshí: chōng with a 1st tone, then shí 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, 充实 is written 充實. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chongshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 充实 from the suggestions. Typing chongshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
充实 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.