HSK 4 · Places

大使馆 dàshǐguǎn “embassy” in Chinese

Said as dàshíguǎn

Traditional 大使館

What 大使馆 means

  1. embassy

Measure word 座 zuò or 个 gè · 一座大使馆 yí zuò dàshǐguǎn

How to say 大使馆

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale大dà4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale使shǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale馆guǎn3rd tone, dipping

Said as dàshíguǎn. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

大使馆 in a sentence

  1. 英国大使馆在哪里？

    Yīngguó dàshǐguǎn zài nǎlǐ?

    Where is the British embassy?

    Sentence #9203444 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 在法国，你在大使馆工作还是领事馆？

    Zài Fǎguó, nǐ zài dàshǐguǎn gōngzuò háishi lǐngshìguǎn?

    In France, did you work at the embassy or the consulate?

    Sentence #1529529 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他是美国大使馆的外交官。

    Tā shì Měiguó dàshǐguǎn de wàijiāoguān.

    He’s a diplomat at the American embassy.

    Sentence #404459 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 大使馆 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 大 (dà) with each of its parts in a different colour
大dàbig; large; great
  • 一one · yī
  • 人person · rén

Memory aidA person standing with arms stretched wide: big.

The character 使 (shǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
使shǐto make
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 吏government official · lì
The character 馆 (guǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
馆guǎnbuilding
  • 饣eat form of 食 · shí
  • 官official · guān

Memory aidFood 饣 with 官 (guān) for the sound: once a guest house, now a public building.

How to write 大使馆

大 3 strokes · 使 8 strokes · 馆 11 strokes

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大使馆 (dàshǐguǎn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
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Words related to 大使馆

Words with 大

大dà · big大学dàxué · university大学生dàxuéshēng · university student大家dàjiā · everyone大人dàren · adult大衣dàyī · overcoat大小dàxiǎo · size大熊猫dàxióngmāo · giant panda大夫dàifu · doctor大概dàgài · roughly

Words with 使

使shǐ · to make使用shǐyòng · to use即使jíshǐ · even if促使cùshǐ · to induce使劲儿shǐjìnr · to exert all one’s strength使命shǐmìng · mission致使zhìshǐ · to cause

Words with 馆

宾馆bīnguǎn · hotel饭馆fànguǎn · restaurant图书馆túshūguǎn · library体育馆tǐyùguǎn · gymnasium博物馆bówùguǎn · museum领事馆lǐngshìguǎn · consulate

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FAQs

大使馆 (dàshǐguǎn) means “embassy”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it dàshǐguǎn: dà with a 4th tone, then shǐ with a 3rd tone, then guǎn with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like dàshíguǎn. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. 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, 大使馆 is written 大使館. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 座 (zuò) or 个 (gè). For example, one embassy is 一座大使馆 (yí zuò dàshǐguǎn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dashiguan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 大使馆 from the suggestions. Typing dashiguan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
大使馆 is an HSK 4 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.