HSK 6 · Society

冲突 chōngtū “conflict” in Chinese

Traditional 衝突

What 冲突 means

  1. conflict
  2. clash
  3. clash of opposing forces
  4. collision (of interests)
  5. contention

How to say 冲突

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale冲chōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale突tū1st tone, high and level

冲突 in a sentence

  1. 我没跟他们发生冲突。

    Wǒ méi gēn tāmen fāshēng chōngtū.

    I didn’t get into a conflict with them.

    Sentence #5613720 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他们的冲突终于平息了。

    Tāmen de chōngtū zhōngyú píngxī le.

    Their conflict has finally died down.

    Sentence #351054 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 外交谈判帮助结束了冲突。

    Wàijiāo tánpàn bāngzhù jiéshù le chōngtū.

    Diplomatic talks helped end the conflict.

    Sentence #332524 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 冲突 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 冲 (chōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
冲chōngto dash against
  • 冫ice · bīngMeaning part
  • 中central · zhōngSound part

冫 hints at the meaning (ice); 中 (zhōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with chōng.

The character 突 (tū) with each of its parts in a different colour
突tūto dash
  • 穴cave · xué
  • 犬dog · quǎn

How to write 冲突

冲 6 strokes · 突 9 strokes

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

Words related to 冲突

Words with 冲

冲chōng · to rush冲动chōngdòng · impulse冲击chōngjī · impact

Words with 突

突然tūrán · sudden突出tūchū · prominent突破tūpò · to break through

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FAQs

冲突 (chōngtū) means “conflict” or “clash”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chōngtū: chōng with a 1st tone, then tū with a 1st 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, 冲突 is written 衝突. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chongtu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 冲突 from the suggestions. Typing chongtu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
冲突 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.