HSK 6 · Media

雕塑 diāosù “sculpture” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 雕塑 means

  1. sculpture
  2. statue
  3. a Buddhist image
  4. to carve

How to say 雕塑

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale雕diāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale塑sù4th tone, falling

雕塑 in a sentence

  1. 公园里有很多漂亮的雕塑。

    Gōngyuán lǐ yǒu hěn duō piàoliang de diāosù.

    There are lots of beautiful sculptures in the park.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 她是一位雕塑家。

    Tā shì yí wèi diāosùjiā.

    She’s a sculptor.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 雕塑 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 雕 (diāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
雕diāoto carve
  • 周Zhou dynasty · zhōuSound part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīMeaning part

隹 hints at the meaning (short-tailed bird); 周 (zhōu) hints at the sound. Compare it with diāo.

The character 塑 (sù) with each of its parts in a different colour
塑sùto model in clay
  • 朔beginning · shuòSound part
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 朔 (shuò) hints at the sound. Compare it with sù.

How to write 雕塑

雕 16 strokes · 塑 13 strokes

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

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

Words related to 雕塑

Words with 雕

雕刻diāokè · to carve

Words with 塑

塑料袋sùliàodài · plastic bag塑造sùzào · to shape

More words: Media & Arts

布告bùgào · notice传单chuándān · leaflet创作chuàngzuò · to create雕刻diāokè · to carve对联duìlián · couplet (on scrolls beside a door)发布fābù · to release发行fāxíng · to issue稿件gǎojiàn · manuscript

FAQs

雕塑 (diāosù) means “sculpture” or “statue”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it diāosù: diāo with a 1st tone, then sù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 雕塑 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type diaosu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 雕塑 from the suggestions. Typing diaosu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
雕塑 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.