HSK 6 · Society

章程 zhāngchéng “regulations” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 章程 means

  1. regulations
  2. rules
  3. charter
  4. constitution
  5. statute
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • articles of association (of company)
  • articles of incorporation

How to say 章程

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale章zhāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale程chéng2nd tone, rising

章程 in a sentence

  1. 新会员请先阅读俱乐部的章程。

    Xīn huìyuán qǐng xiān yuèdú jùlèbù de zhāngchéng.

    New members, please read the club’s rules first.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 公司章程规定了股东的权利。

    Gōngsī zhāngchéng guīdìng le gǔdōng de quánlì.

    The company’s articles of association set out the shareholders’ rights.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 章程 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 章 (zhāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
章zhāngchapter
  • 音sound · yīn
  • 十ten · shí
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.

How to write 章程

章 11 strokes · 程 12 strokes

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

Words related to 章程

Words with 章

文章wénzhāng · article盖章gàizhāng · to stamp (with a seal)规章guīzhāng · rules

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启程qǐchéng · to set out (on a journey)专程zhuānchéng · specially (making a special trip)里程碑lǐchéngbēi · milestone

More words: Society & Law

原告yuángào · plaintiff元首yuánshǒu · head of state贼zéi · thief战斗zhàndòu · to fight占领zhànlǐng · to occupy战役zhànyì · battle诈骗zhàpiàn · to defraud阵地zhèndì · position (military)

FAQs

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