HSK 6 · Adjectives

诚挚 chéngzhì “sincere” in Chinese

Traditional 誠摯

What 诚挚 means

  1. sincere
  2. cordial

How to say 诚挚

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale诚chéng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale挚zhì4th tone, falling

诚挚 in a sentence

  1. 请接受我对您今天的成功最诚挚的祝贺。

    Qǐng jiēshòu wǒ duì nín jīntiān de chénggōng zuì chéngzhì de zhùhè.

    Please accept my sincerest congratulations on your success today.

    Sentence #884691 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 诚挚 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 诚 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
诚chéngsincere; authentic
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 成to accomplish · chéngSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 成 (chéng) hints at the sound. Compare it with chéng.

The character 挚 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
挚zhìsincere
  • 执to execute · zhí
  • 手hand · shǒu

How to write 诚挚

诚 8 strokes · 挚 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 诚挚

Words with 诚

诚实chéngshí · honest诚恳chéngkěn · sincere忠诚zhōngchéng · loyal

Words with 挚

真挚zhēnzhì · sincere

More words: Adjectives

草率cǎoshuài · careless嘈杂cáozá · noisy昌盛chāngshèng · prosperous畅通chàngtōng · unimpeded陈旧chénjiù · outdated沉闷chénmèn · oppressive沉重chénzhòng · heavy沉着chénzhuó · calm and collected

FAQs

诚挚 (chéngzhì) means “sincere” or “cordial”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chéngzhì: chéng with a 2nd 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, 诚挚 is written 誠摯. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chengzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 诚挚 from the suggestions. Typing chengzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
诚挚 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.