HSK 3.0 Level 5 · Measure Words

度 dù “degree” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 度 means

  1. degree
  2. (m.w. for occurrences)
  3. to pass
  4. to spend (time)
  5. measure
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • limit
  • extent
  • degree of intensity

How to say 度

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale度dù4th tone, falling

度 in a sentence

  1. 今天三十度，很热。

    Jīntiān sānshí dù, hěn rè.

    It’s thirty degrees today. It’s hot.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 外边只有五度。

    Wàibian zhǐ yǒu wǔ dù.

    It’s only five degrees outside.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  3. 水到一百度就开了。

    Shuǐ dào yìbǎi dù jiù kāi le.

    Water boils at a hundred degrees.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 度 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 度 (du) with each of its parts in a different colour
度dùto pass
  • 广shelter · guǎng
  • 廿twenty · niàn
  • 又again · yòu

How to write 度

度 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 度

Words with 度

态度tàidu · attitude温度wēndù · temperature速度sùdù · speed度过dùguò · to pass制度zhìdù · system (of rules)程度chéngdù · degree角度jiǎodù · angle季度jìdù · quarter (of a year)年度niándù · year (e.g. financial year)一度yídù · once

More words: Measure Words & Quantities

句jù · (m.w. for sentences)不少bùshǎo · quite a few道dào · (m.w. for orders

FAQs

度 (dù) means “degree” or “(m.w. for occurrences)”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 5 word.
Say it dù: dù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 度 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type du with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 度 from the suggestions. Typing du into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
度 is an HSK 3.0 Level 5 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 3 word list. It is not on the older 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.