HSK 6 · Society

慈善 císhàn “charity” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 慈善 means

  1. charity
  2. charitable
  3. benevolent

How to say 慈善

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale慈cí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale善shàn4th tone, falling

慈善 in a sentence

  1. 当地企业正在联手举办一项慈善活动。

    Dāngdì qǐyè zhèngzài liánshǒu jǔbàn yí xiàng císhàn huódòng.

    Local businesses are teaming up for a charity initiative.

    Sentence #13190525 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 我一得到一大笔钱就捐一部分给慈善机构。

    Wǒ yì dédào yí dàbǐ qián jiù juān yíbùfen gěi císhànjīgòu.

    Whenever I get a large sum of money, I donate part of it to charity.

    Sentence #2367587 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这不是慈善行为。

    Zhè bú shì císhàn xíngwéi.

    This isn’t an act of charity.

    Sentence #13755316 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 慈善 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 慈 (cí) with each of its parts in a different colour
慈cícompassionate
  • 兹now · cíSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 兹 (cí) hints at the sound. Compare it with cí.

The character 善 (shàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
善shàngood
  • 羊sheep · yáng
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 一one · yī
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 慈善

慈 13 strokes · 善 12 strokes

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

Words related to 慈善

Words with 慈

慈祥cíxiáng · kindly仁慈réncí · kind

Words with 善

善于shànyú · to be good at改善gǎishàn · to make better善良shànliáng · good and honest完善wánshàn · complete妥善tuǒshàn · appropriate

More words: Society & Law

成员chéngyuán · member冲突chōngtū · conflict触犯chùfàn · to violate处分chǔfèn · disciplinary action大臣dàchén · minister (of a monarchy)打官司dǎguānsi · to go to court逮捕dàibǔ · to arrest歹徒dǎitú · criminal

FAQs

慈善 (císhàn) means “charity” or “charitable”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it císhàn: cí with a 2nd tone, then shàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 慈善 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type cishan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 慈善 from the suggestions. Typing cishan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
慈善 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.