HSK 6 · Education

证书 zhèngshū “certificate” in Chinese

Traditional 證書

What 证书 means

  1. certificate
  2. credentials

How to say 证书

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale证zhèng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale书shū1st tone, high and level

证书 in a sentence

  1. 校长向每个毕业生颁发了毕业证书。

    Xiàozhǎng xiàng měi ge bìyèshēng bānfā le bìyè zhèngshū.

    The principal presented each graduate with a certificate.

    Sentence #599697 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 证书 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 证 (zhèng) with each of its parts in a different colour
证zhèngto admonish
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yán
  • 正straight · zhēng
The character 书 (shū) drawn as one shape
书shūbook

书 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidSimplified from 書: a hand holding a brush 聿 over words: to write, a book.

How to write 证书

证 7 strokes · 书 4 strokes

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

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

Words related to 证书

Words with 证

保证bǎozhèng · guarantee证明zhèngmíng · proof签证qiānzhèng · visa证件zhèngjiàn · certificate证据zhèngjù · evidence论证lùnzhèng · to prove验证yànzhèng · to verify证实zhèngshí · to confirm公证gōngzhèng · notarisation辩证biànzhèng · dialectical

Words with 书

书shū · book书店shūdiàn · bookstore读书dúshū · to read a book书包shūbāo · schoolbag图书馆túshūguǎn · library电子书diànzǐshū · e-book秘书mìshū · secretary书架shūjià · bookshelf书面shūmiàn · written书记shūji · secretary (of a party committee)

More words: Education & Learning

学位xuéwèi · academic degree熏陶xūntáo · to nurture循序渐进xúnxùjiànjìn · to progress step by step摘要zhāiyào · summary智力zhìlì · intelligence智商zhìshāng · IQ专题zhuāntí · special topic注释zhùshì · annotation

FAQs

证书 (zhèngshū) means “certificate” or “credentials”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhèngshū: zhèng with a 4th tone, then shū with a 1st 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, 证书 is written 證書. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhengshu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 证书 from the suggestions. Typing zhengshu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
证书 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.