HSK 6 · Verbs

澄清 chéngqīng “to clarify” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 澄清 means

  1. to clarify
  2. to clear up
  3. clear (of water)
  4. clear (of liquid)
  5. limpid
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to make sth clear
  • to be clear (about the facts)

How to say 澄清

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale澄chéng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale清qīng1st tone, high and level

澄清 in a sentence

  1. 把问题澄清一下。

    Bǎ wèntí chéngqīng yíxià.

    Let’s clear this issue up.

    Sentence #333401 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 感谢澄清。

    Gǎnxiè chéngqīng.

    Thanks for clarifying.

    Sentence #9956339 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 澄清 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 澄 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
澄chéngclear
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 登to rise · dēngSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 登 (dēng) hints at the sound. Compare it with chéng.

The character 清 (qīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
清qīngclear; clean
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 青blue-green · qīngSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 青 (qīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with qīng.

How to write 澄清

澄 15 strokes · 清 11 strokes

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

Words related to 澄清

Words with 清

清楚qīngchu · clear清淡qīngdàn · light (of food清晨qīngchén · early morning清真qīngzhēn · halal清除qīngchú · to clear away清理qīnglǐ · to clear up清澈qīngchè · clear清洁qīngjié · clean清晰qīngxī · clear清醒qīngxǐng · sober

More words: Thinking & Talking

倡议chàngyì · to propose阐述chǎnshù · to expound嘲笑cháoxiào · to mock承诺chéngnuò · to promise陈述chénshù · to state沉思chénsī · to ponder迟疑chíyí · to hesitate传达chuándá · to convey

FAQs

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