HSK 6 · Verbs

编织 biānzhī “to knit” in Chinese

Traditional 編織

What 编织 means

  1. to knit
  2. to weave
  3. to braid
  4. to plait
  5. (fig.) to create (sth abstract, e.g. a dream, a lie etc)

How to say 编织

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale编biān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale织zhī1st tone, high and level

编织 in a sentence

  1. 她忙着编织。

    Tā máng zhe biānzhī.

    She was busy knitting.

    Sentence #333182 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 汤姆喜欢编织。

    Tāngmǔ xǐhuan biānzhī.

    Tom likes to knit.

    Sentence #825945 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 编织 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 编 (biān) with each of its parts in a different colour
编biānto weave
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 扁flat · biǎnSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 扁 (biǎn) hints at the sound. Compare it with biān.

The character 织 (zhī) with each of its parts in a different colour
织zhīto weave
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 只only · zhǐSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 只 (zhǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhī.

How to write 编织

编 12 strokes · 织 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 编织

Words with 编

编辑biānjí · to edit

Words with 织

组织zǔzhī · to organise纺织fǎngzhī · textile

More words: Common Verbs

迸发bèngfā · to burst out崩溃bēngkuì · to collapse遍布biànbù · to be found everywhere变质biànzhì · to go bad憋biē · to hold in (breath并列bìngliè · to stand side by side濒临bīnlín · to be on the verge of逼迫bīpò · to force

FAQs

编织 (biānzhī) means “to knit” or “to weave”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it biānzhī: biān with a 1st tone, then zhī with a 1st 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, 编织 is written 編織. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bianzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 编织 from the suggestions. Typing bianzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
编织 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.