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范畴 fànchóu “category” in Chinese

Traditional 範疇

What 范畴 means

  1. category
  2. domain

How to say 范畴

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale范fàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale畴chóu2nd tone, rising

范畴 in a sentence

  1. 俄语动词的一个特征是存在体的范畴。

    Éyǔ dòngcí de yí ge tèzhēng shì cúnzài tǐ de fànchóu.

    One feature of Russian verbs is the grammatical category of aspect.

    Sentence #13519149 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 范畴 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 范 (fàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
范fànpattern
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 氾to flood · fánSound part

艹 hints at the meaning (grass); 氾 (fán) hints at the sound. Compare it with fàn.

The character 畴 (chóu) with each of its parts in a different colour
畴chóuarable fields
  • 田field · tiánMeaning part
  • 寿old age · shòuSound part

田 hints at the meaning (field); 寿 (shòu) hints at the sound. Compare it with chóu.

How to write 范畴

范 8 strokes · 畴 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 范畴

Words with 范

范围fànwéi · range示范shìfàn · to demonstrate师范shīfàn · teacher training规范guīfàn · standard模范mófàn · model

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FAQs

范畴 (fànchóu) means “category” or “domain”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fànchóu: fàn with a 4th tone, then chóu 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, 范畴 is written 範疇. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fanchou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 范畴 from the suggestions. Typing fanchou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
范畴 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.