HSK 6 · Society

动员 dòngyuán “to mobilise” in Chinese

Traditional 動員

What 动员 means

  1. to mobilise
  2. to rally
  3. mobilisation

Measure word 次 cì · 一次动员 yí cì dòngyuán

How to say 动员

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale动dòng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale员yuán2nd tone, rising

动员 in a sentence

  1. 学校动员学生参加运动会。

    Xuéxiào dòngyuán xuésheng cānjiā yùndònghuì.

    The school encouraged students to take part in the sports day.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 在他的动员下，大家都来帮忙了。

    Zài tā de dòngyuán xià, dàjiā dōu lái bāngmáng le.

    With his encouragement, everyone came to help.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 动员 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 动 (dòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
动dòngto move
  • 云cloud · yún
  • 力strength · lìMeaning part

Memory aidStrength 力 makes things move. In the full form 動, 重 (zhòng) gave the sound.

The character 员 (yuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
员yuánperson engaged in a certain field
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part

How to write 动员

动 6 strokes · 员 7 strokes

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

Words related to 动员

Words with 动

动dòng · to move运动yùndòng · to exercise动物dòngwù · animal动物园dòngwùyuán · zoo运动员yùndòngyuán · athlete运动会yùndònghuì · sports meet活动huódòng · activity感动gǎndòng · to be moved激动jīdòng · excited动作dòngzuò · movement

Words with 员

服务员fúwùyuán · waiter员yuán · (suffix) member运动员yùndòngyuán · athlete演员yǎnyuán · actor or actress售货员shòuhuòyuán · salesperson人员rényuán · staff员工yuángōng · employee裁员cáiyuán · to cut staff委员wěiyuán · committee member成员chéngyuán · member

More words: Society & Law

典礼diǎnlǐ · ceremony抵制dǐzhì · to boycott动荡dòngdàng · turmoil东道主dōngdàozhǔ · host斗争dòuzhēng · struggle赌博dǔbó · to gamble独裁dúcái · dictatorship队伍duìwu · ranks

FAQs

动员 (dòngyuán) means “to mobilise” or “to rally”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dòngyuán: dòng with a 4th tone, then yuán with a 2nd 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, 动员 is written 動員. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 次 (cì). For example, one to mobilise is 一次动员 (yí cì dòngyuán).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dongyuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 动员 from the suggestions. Typing dongyuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
动员 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.