HSK 6 · Society

纲领 gānglǐng “guiding principles” in Chinese

Traditional 綱領

What 纲领 means

  1. guiding principles
  2. programme
  3. platform
  4. programme (i.e. plan of action)
  5. guiding principle

How to say 纲领

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale纲gāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale领lǐng3rd tone, dipping

纲领 in a sentence

  1. 这份文件是我们协会的工作纲领。

    Zhè fèn wénjiàn shì wǒmen xiéhuì de gōngzuò gānglǐng.

    This document sets out the guiding principles of our association’s work.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这本书的第一章是全书的纲领。

    Zhè běn shū de dìyī zhāng shì quánshū de gānglǐng.

    The first chapter of this book is an outline of the whole book.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 纲领 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 纲 (gāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
纲gānghead rope of a fishing net
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 冈ridge or crest of hill · gāngSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 冈 (gāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with gāng.

The character 领 (lǐng) with each of its parts in a different colour
领lǐngneck
  • 令command · língSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 令 (líng) hints at the sound. Compare it with lǐng.

How to write 纲领

纲 7 strokes · 领 11 strokes

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

Words related to 纲领

Words with 纲

提纲tígāng · outline

Words with 领

领导lǐngdǎo · leader本领běnlǐng · skill领域lǐngyù · domain系领带jì lǐngdài · to tie a tie领土lǐngtǔ · territory领会lǐnghuì · to understand领悟lǐngwù · to comprehend带领dàilǐng · to lead领先lǐngxiān · to lead率领shuàilǐng · to lead

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FAQs

纲领 (gānglǐng) means “guiding principles” or “programme”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gānglǐng: gāng with a 1st tone, then lǐng 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, 纲领 is written 綱領. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gangling with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 纲领 from the suggestions. Typing gangling into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
纲领 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.