HSK 5 · Education

词汇 cíhuì “vocabulary” in Chinese

Traditional 詞彙

What 词汇 means

  1. vocabulary
  2. list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes)
  3. word

How to say 词汇

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale词cí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale汇huì4th tone, falling

词汇 in a sentence

  1. 你读那本书需要大量词汇。

    Nǐ dú nà běn shū xūyào dàliàng cíhuì.

    You need a large vocabulary to read that book.

    Sentence #6131458 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 那个日文词汇没有对应的英文。

    Nà ge Rìwén cíhuì méiyǒu duìyìng de Yīngwén.

    That Japanese word has no English equivalent.

    Sentence #3380491 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 词汇 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 词 (cí) with each of its parts in a different colour
词cíword
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 司to take charge of · sīSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 司 (sī) hints at the sound. Compare it with cí.

The character 汇 (huì) with each of its parts in a different colour
汇huìto remit
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 匚right open box · fāng

How to write 词汇

词 7 strokes · 汇 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 词汇

Words with 词

词cí · word词典cídiǎn · dictionary词语cíyǔ · words and expressions

Words with 汇

汇率huìlǜ · exchange rate汇报huìbào · to report

More words: Education & Learning

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FAQs

词汇 (cíhuì) means “vocabulary” or “list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it cíhuì: cí with a 2nd tone, then huì 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, 词汇 is written 詞彙. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type cihui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 词汇 from the suggestions. Typing cihui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
词汇 is an HSK 5 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.