HSK 6 · Ideas

支柱 zhīzhù “pillar” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 支柱 means

  1. pillar
  2. mainstay
  3. backbone
  4. prop

How to say 支柱

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale支zhī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale柱zhù4th tone, falling

支柱 in a sentence

  1. 旅游业是这个城市的支柱产业。

    Lǚyóuyè shì zhè ge chéngshì de zhīzhù chǎnyè.

    Tourism is this city’s mainstay industry.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他是家里的经济支柱。

    Tā shì jiālǐ de jīngjì zhīzhù.

    He’s the family’s breadwinner.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 支柱 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 支 (zhī) with each of its parts in a different colour
支zhīto support
  • 十ten · shí
  • 又again · yòu
The character 柱 (zhù) with each of its parts in a different colour
柱zhùpillar
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 主to own · zhǔSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 主 (zhǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhù.

How to write 支柱

支 4 strokes · 柱 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 支柱

Words with 支

支持zhīchí · to support支zhī · measure word for pens支票zhīpiào · cheque支撑zhīchēng · to support支配zhīpèi · to control支援zhīyuán · to support开支kāizhī · expenses支出zhīchū · expenditure支流zhīliú · tributary (river)

More words: Ideas & Concepts

争先恐后zhēngxiānkǒnghòu · to compete eagerly真理zhēnlǐ · truth真相zhēnxiàng · the truth指标zhǐbiāo · indicator重心zhòngxīn · centre of gravity周折zhōuzhé · twists and turns转折zhuǎnzhé · turning point主流zhǔliú · mainstream

FAQs

支柱 (zhīzhù) means “pillar” or “mainstay”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhīzhù: zhī with a 1st tone, then zhù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 支柱 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhizhu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 支柱 from the suggestions. Typing zhizhu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
支柱 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.