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标志 biāozhì “sign” in Chinese

Traditional 標誌

What 标志 means

  1. sign
  2. mark
  3. symbol
  4. logo
  5. to symbolise
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to indicate

How to say 标志

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale标biāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale志zhì4th tone, falling

标志 in a sentence

  1. 自我怀疑是聪明的第一标志。

    Zìwǒ huáiyí shì cōngming de dìyī biāozhì.

    To have doubts about oneself is the first sign of intelligence.

    Sentence #334205 from Tatoeba

  2. 红色是危险的标志，与绿色相对。

    Hóngsè shì wēixiǎn de biāozhì, yǔ lǜsè xiāngduì.

    Red, as opposed to green, is a sign of danger.

    Sentence #13539401 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 标志 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 标 (biāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
标biāomark
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 示sign · shì

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 票 (piào) hints at the sound. Compare it with biāo.

The character 志 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
志zhìaspiration
  • 士scholar · shì
  • 心heart · xīn

How to write 标志

标 9 strokes · 志 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 标志

Words with 标

标准biāozhǔn · standard标点biāodiǎn · punctuation鼠标shǔbiāo · mouse (computing)目标mùbiāo · target商标shāngbiāo · trademark招标zhāobiāo · to invite tenders标本biāoběn · specimen标题biāotí · title标记biāojì · mark指标zhǐbiāo · indicator

Words with 志

杂志zázhì · magazine志愿者zhìyuànzhě · volunteer意志yìzhì · will志气zhìqì · aspiration同志tóngzhì · comrade

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FAQs

标志 (biāozhì) means “sign” or “mark”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it biāozhì: biāo with a 1st tone, then zhì with a 4th 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, 标志 is written 標誌. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type biaozhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 标志 from the suggestions. Typing biaozhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
标志 is an HSK 5 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.