HSK 6 · Adjectives

慈祥 cíxiáng “kindly” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 慈祥 means

  1. kindly
  2. benevolent (esp. of older people)
  3. benevolent (often of older person)

How to say 慈祥

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale祥xiáng2nd tone, rising

慈祥 in a sentence

  1. 奶奶慈祥地看着我们。

    Nǎinai cíxiáng de kàn zhe wǒmen.

    Grandma looked at us kindly.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他是一位慈祥的老人。

    Tā shì yí wèi cíxiáng de lǎorén.

    He’s a kindly old man.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 慈祥 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 祥 (xiáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
祥xiángauspicious
  • 礻sign form of 示 · shìMeaning part
  • 羊sheep · yángSound part

礻 hints at the meaning (sign); 羊 (yáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiáng.

How to write 慈祥

慈 13 strokes · 祥 10 strokes

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

Words related to 慈祥

Words with 慈

仁慈réncí · kind慈善císhàn · charity

Words with 祥

吉祥jíxiáng · lucky

More words: Adjectives

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FAQs

慈祥 (cíxiáng) means “kindly” or “benevolent (esp. of older people)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it cíxiáng: cí with a 2nd tone, then xiáng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 慈祥 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type cixiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 慈祥 from the suggestions. Typing cixiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
慈祥 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.