HSK 6 · Society

党 dǎng “(political) party” in Chinese

Traditional 黨

What 党 means

  1. (political) party
  2. association
  3. party
  4. club
  5. society

Measure word 个 gè · 一个党 yí ge dǎng

How to say 党

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale党dǎng3rd tone, dipping

党 in a sentence

  1. 这个组织跟任何政党没有联系。

    Zhè ge zǔzhī gēn rènhé zhèngdǎng méiyǒu liánxì.

    This organisation has no ties to any political party.

    Sentence #750287 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 党 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 党 (dǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
党dǎngparty
  • 尚still · shàngSound part
  • 兄elder brother · xiōngMeaning part

兄 hints at the meaning (elder brother); 尚 (shàng) hints at the sound. Compare it with dǎng.

How to write 党

党 10 strokes

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

Words related to 党

More words: Society & Law

大臣dàchén · minister (of a monarchy)打官司dǎguānsi · to go to court逮捕dàibǔ · to arrest歹徒dǎitú · criminal当事人dāngshìrén · party (involved)当选dāngxuǎn · to be elected盗窃dàoqiè · to steal打仗dǎzhàng · to fight a war

FAQs

党 (dǎng) means “(political) party” or “association”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dǎng: dǎng with a 3rd 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, 党 is written 黨. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one (political) party is 一个党 (yí ge dǎng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 党 from the suggestions. Typing dang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
党 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.