HSK 6 · Money

储蓄 chǔxù “savings” in Chinese

Traditional 儲蓄

What 储蓄 means

  1. savings
  2. to save (money)
  3. to save money (in a bank)

How to say 储蓄

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale储chǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale蓄xù4th tone, falling

储蓄 in a sentence

  1. 我想开个储蓄帐户。

    Wǒ xiǎng kāi ge chǔxù zhànghù.

    I’d like to open a savings account.

    Sentence #343709 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 如果你想安享晚年，现在就要开始储蓄了。

    Rúguǒ nǐ xiǎng ānxiǎng wǎnnián, xiànzài jiùyào kāishǐ chǔxù le.

    If you want a comfortable old age, start saving now.

    Sentence #600018 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 你现在不好好储蓄金钱的话，终有一天会后悔的。

    Nǐ xiànzài bù hǎohǎo chǔxù jīnqián dehuà, zhōng yǒu yì tiān huì hòuhuǐ de.

    If you don’t save properly now, you’ll regret it one day.

    Sentence #378274 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 储蓄 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 储 (chǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
储chǔto store up; to keep in reserve
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 诸all · zhūSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 诸 (zhū) hints at the sound. Compare it with chǔ.

The character 蓄 (xù) with each of its parts in a different colour
蓄xùto store up
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 畜livestock · chùSound part

艹 hints at the meaning (grass); 畜 (chù) hints at the sound. Compare it with xù.

How to write 储蓄

储 12 strokes · 蓄 13 strokes

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

Words related to 储蓄

Words with 储

储存chǔcún · to store储备chǔbèi · reserves

More words: Money & Economy

成本chéngběn · cost (of production)成交chéngjiāo · to close a deal赤字chìzì · deficit储备chǔbèi · reserves次品cìpǐn · defective product担保dānbǎo · to guarantee淡季dànjì · off season倒闭dǎobì · to go bankrupt

FAQs

储蓄 (chǔxù) means “savings” or “to save (money)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chǔxù: chǔ with a 3rd tone, then xù 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, 储蓄 is written 儲蓄. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chuxu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 储蓄 from the suggestions. Typing chuxu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
储蓄 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.