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档次 dàngcì “grade” in Chinese

Traditional 檔次

What 档次 means

  1. grade
  2. level
  3. quality
  4. class

How to say 档次

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale档dàng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale次cì4th tone, falling

档次 in a sentence

  1. 我们去一家档次再高点儿的餐厅怎么样？

    Wǒmen qù yì jiā dàngcì zài gāo diǎnr de cāntīng zěnmeyàng?

    How about we go to a slightly more upmarket restaurant?

    Sentence #2516726 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 档次 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 档 (dàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
档dàngshelves; pigeonholes
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 当appropriate · dāngSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 当 (dāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with dàng.

The character 次 (cì) with each of its parts in a different colour
次cìnext in sequence
  • 冫ice · bīng
  • 欠yawn · qiàn

How to write 档次

档 10 strokes · 次 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 档次

Words with 档

高档gāodàng · superior quality搭档dādàng · partner档案dàng'àn · file

Words with 次

次cì · times其次qícì · next再次zàicì · once again次要cìyào · secondary次序cìxù · order屡次lǚcì · repeatedly次品cìpǐn · defective product层次céngcì · level名次míngcì · ranking

More words: Ideas & Concepts

出路chūlù · way out出息chūxi · promise挫折cuòzhé · setback代价dàijià · price当务之急dāngwùzhījí · top priority导向dǎoxiàng · orientation大意dàyì · general idea得不偿失débùchángshī · not worth it

FAQs

档次 (dàngcì) means “grade” or “level”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dàngcì: dàng with a 4th tone, then cì 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, 档次 is written 檔次. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dangci with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 档次 from the suggestions. Typing dangci into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
档次 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.