HSK 6 · Ideas

里程碑 lǐchéngbēi “milestone” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 里程碑 means

  1. milestone

How to say 里程碑

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale里lǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale程chéng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale碑bēi1st tone, high and level

里程碑 in a sentence

  1. 登月是一项里程碑式的成就。

    Dēngyuè shì yí xiàng lǐchéngbēi shì de chéngjiù.

    The moon landing was a milestone achievement.

    Sentence #7832320 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 里程碑 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 里 (lǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
里lǐlining
  • 田field · tián
  • 土earth · tǔ

Memory aidFields 田 and earth 土: a village. As a simplified character it also stands for 裏, “inside”.

The character 程 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
程chéngrule
  • 禾grain · héMeaning part
  • 呈to petition · chéngSound part

禾 hints at the meaning (grain); 呈 (chéng) hints at the sound. Compare it with chéng.

The character 碑 (bēi) with each of its parts in a different colour
碑bēia monument
  • 石stone · shíMeaning part
  • 卑humble · bēiSound part

石 hints at the meaning (stone); 卑 (bēi) hints at the sound. Compare it with bēi.

How to write 里程碑

里 7 strokes · 程 12 strokes · 碑 13 strokes

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

Words related to 里程碑

Words with 里

里lǐ · inside那里nàli · there这里zhèlǐ · here哪里nǎlǐ · where?里面lǐmiàn · inside心里xīnlǐ · in one’s heart公里gōnglǐ · kilometre

Words with 程

过程guòchéng · course of events课程kèchéng · course日程rìchéng · schedule程序chéngxù · procedures程度chéngdù · degree工程师gōngchéngshī · engineer章程zhāngchéng · regulations启程qǐchéng · to set out (on a journey)专程zhuānchéng · specially (making a special trip)

More words: Ideas & Concepts

来历láilì · origin来源láiyuán · source良心liángxīn · conscience立场lìchǎng · position灵魂línghún · soul理所当然lǐsuǒdāngrán · naturally力所能及lìsuǒnéngjí · within one’s ability例外lìwài · exception

FAQs

里程碑 (lǐchéngbēi) means “milestone”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it lǐchéngbēi: lǐ with a 3rd tone, then chéng with a 2nd tone, then bēi with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 里程碑 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lichengbei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 里程碑 from the suggestions. Typing lichengbei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
里程碑 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.