HSK 6 · Work

签署 qiānshǔ “to sign (an agreement)” in Chinese

Traditional 簽署

What 签署 means

  1. to sign (an agreement)

How to say 签署

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale签qiān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale署shǔ3rd tone, dipping

签署 in a sentence

  1. 我签署了文件。

    Wǒ qiānshǔ le wénjiàn.

    I signed the document.

    Sentence #5542980 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 签署 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 签 (qiān) with each of its parts in a different colour
签qiānto sign one’s name
  • ⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhúMeaning part
  • 佥all · qiānSound part

⺮ hints at the meaning (bamboo); 佥 (qiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with qiān.

The character 署 (shǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
署shǔoffice
  • 罒net form of 网 · wǎngMeaning part
  • 者that which · zhěSound part

罒 hints at the meaning (net); 者 (zhě) hints at the sound. Compare it with shǔ.

How to write 签署

签 13 strokes · 署 13 strokes

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

Words related to 签署

Words with 签

签证qiānzhèng · visa签qiān · to sign (one’s name)

Words with 署

部署bùshǔ · to deploy

More words: Work & Career

客户kèhù · client落实luòshí · to put into effect派遣pàiqiǎn · to dispatch评估pínggū · to evaluate洽谈qiàtán · to negotiate请示qǐngshì · to ask for instructions任命rènmìng · to appoint上级shàngjí · superior

FAQs

签署 (qiānshǔ) means “to sign (an agreement)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qiānshǔ: qiān with a 1st tone, then shǔ 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, 签署 is written 簽署. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qianshu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 签署 from the suggestions. Typing qianshu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
签署 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.