HSK 6 · Verbs

陈述 chénshù “to state” in Chinese

Traditional 陳述

What 陈述 means

  1. to state
  2. to declare
  3. statement

How to say 陈述

  • 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述shù4th tone, falling

陈述 in a sentence

  1. 我想撤回我之前的陈述。

    Wǒ xiǎng chèhuí wǒ zhīqián de chénshù.

    I would like to retract my previous statement.

    Sentence #1778278 from Tatoeba

How 陈述 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 述 (shù) with each of its parts in a different colour
述shùto state; to tell; to narrate; to relate
  • 术skill · shùSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 术 (shù) hints at the sound. Compare it with shù.

How to write 陈述

陈 7 strokes · 述 8 strokes

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

Words related to 陈述

Words with 陈

陈列chénliè · to display陈旧chénjiù · outdated新陈代谢xīnchéndàixiè · metabolism

Words with 述

叙述xùshù · to relate (a story or information)阐述chǎnshù · to expound

More words: Thinking & Talking

阐述chǎnshù · to expound嘲笑cháoxiào · to mock承诺chéngnuò · to promise澄清chéngqīng · to clarify沉思chénsī · to ponder迟疑chíyí · to hesitate传达chuándá · to convey吹牛chuīniú · to boast

FAQs

陈述 (chénshù) means “to state” or “to declare”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chénshù: chén with a 2nd tone, then shù 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, 陈述 is written 陳述. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chenshu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 陈述 from the suggestions. Typing chenshu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
陈述 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.