HSK 6 · Society

巡逻 xúnluó “to patrol” in Chinese

Traditional 巡邏

What 巡逻 means

  1. to patrol

How to say 巡逻

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale巡xún2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale逻luó2nd tone, rising

巡逻 in a sentence

  1. 晚上有保安在小区里巡逻。

    Wǎnshang yǒu bǎo'ān zài xiǎoqū lǐ xúnluó.

    At night, security guards patrol the housing estate.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 警察在海边巡逻。

    Jǐngchá zài hǎibiān xúnluó.

    The police are patrolling the beach.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 巡逻 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 巡 (xún) with each of its parts in a different colour
巡xúnto patrol
  • 巛river · chuān
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuò
The character 逻 (luó) with each of its parts in a different colour
逻luópatrol
  • 罗gauze · luóSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 罗 (luó) hints at the sound. Compare it with luó.

How to write 巡逻

巡 6 strokes · 逻 11 strokes

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

Words related to 巡逻

Words with 逻

逻辑luójí · logic

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FAQs

巡逻 (xúnluó) means “to patrol”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xúnluó: xún with a 2nd tone, then luó with a 2nd 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, 巡逻 is written 巡邏. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xunluo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 巡逻 from the suggestions. Typing xunluo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
巡逻 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.