HSK 6 · Adjectives

陈旧 chénjiù “outdated” in Chinese

Traditional 陳舊

What 陈旧 means

  1. outdated
  2. old-fashioned
  3. obsolete
  4. out of date
  5. antiquated

How to say 陈旧

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale陈chén2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale旧jiù4th tone, falling

陈旧 in a sentence

  1. 这些设备太陈旧了，需要换新的。

    Zhèxiē shèbèi tài chénjiù le, xūyào huàn xīn de.

    This equipment is too old and needs replacing.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他的想法有点儿陈旧。

    Tā de xiǎngfǎ yǒudiǎnr chénjiù.

    His ideas are a bit old-fashioned.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 陈旧 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 陈 (chén) with each of its parts in a different colour
陈chénto lay out; to exhibit; to display
  • 阝place
  • 东east · dōng
The character 旧 (jiù) with each of its parts in a different colour
旧jiùold
  • 丨line · gǔn
  • 日sun · rì

How to write 陈旧

陈 7 strokes · 旧 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 陈旧

Words with 陈

陈述chénshù · to state陈列chénliè · to display新陈代谢xīnchéndàixiè · metabolism

Words with 旧

旧jiù · old仍旧réngjiù · still依旧yījiù · as before

More words: Adjectives

嘈杂cáozá · noisy昌盛chāngshèng · prosperous畅通chàngtōng · unimpeded诚挚chéngzhì · sincere沉闷chénmèn · oppressive沉重chénzhòng · heavy沉着chénzhuó · calm and collected迟钝chídùn · slow-witted

FAQs

陈旧 (chénjiù) means “outdated” or “old-fashioned”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chénjiù: chén with a 2nd tone, then jiù 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, 陈旧 is written 陳舊. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chenjiu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 陈旧 from the suggestions. Typing chenjiu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
陈旧 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.