HSK 6 · Ideas
策略 cèlüè “strategy” in Chinese
Same in Traditional
What 策略 means
- strategy
- tactics
- crafty
- adroit
How to say 策略
策略 in a sentence
How 策略 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.

策cèpolicy
- ⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhúMeaning part
- 朿thorn · cìSound part
⺮ hints at the meaning (bamboo); 朿 (cì) hints at the sound. Compare it with .

略lüèbrief; sketchy
- 田field · tiánMeaning part
- 各individual · gèSound part
田 hints at the meaning (field); 各 (gè) hints at the sound. Compare it with .
How to write 策略
策 12 strokes · 略 11 strokes
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Words related to 策略
Words with 策
鞭策biāncè · to spur on策划cèhuà · to plan决策juécè · to make a policy decision政策zhèngcè · policy对策duìcè · countermeasure
Words with 略
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FAQs
策略 (cèlüè) means “strategy” or “tactics”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it cèlüè: cèlüè. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 策略 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type celue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 策略 from the suggestions. Typing celue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
策略 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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.