HSK 1 · Numbers

六 liù “six” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 六 means

  1. six
  2. 6

How to say 六

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale六liù4th tone, falling

六 in a sentence

  1. 一、二、三、四、五、六、七、八、九、十。

    Yī, èr, sān, sì, wǔ, liù, qī, bā, jiǔ, shí.

    One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

    Sentence #382212 from Tatoeba

  2. 六除以二得三。

    Liù chú yǐ èr dé sān.

    Six divided by two is three.

    Sentence #713154 from Tatoeba

How 六 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 六 (liù) with each of its parts in a different colour
六liùsix
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 八eight · bā

How to write 六

六 4 strokes

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

六 (liù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 六 (liù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 六

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二èr · two三sān · three四sì · four五wǔ · five七qī · seven八bā · eight九jiǔ · nine十shí · ten

FAQs

六 (liù) means “six” or “6”. It is an HSK 1 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it liù: liù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 六 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type liu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 六 from the suggestions. Typing liu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
六 is an HSK 1 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.