HSK 6 · Society

方针 fāngzhēn “policy” in Chinese

Traditional 方針

What 方针 means

  1. policy
  2. guiding principle
  3. guidelines

Measure word 个 gè · 一个方针 yí ge fāngzhēn

How to say 方针

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale方fāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale针zhēn1st tone, high and level

方针 in a sentence

  1. 我们公司的方针是顾客第一。

    Wǒmen gōngsī de fāngzhēn shì gùkè dìyī.

    Our company’s guiding principle is “customers first”.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 学校的教育方针是让每个学生全面发展。

    Xuéxiào de jiàoyù fāngzhēn shì ràng měi ge xuésheng quánmiàn fāzhǎn.

    The school’s educational policy is the all-round development of every student.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 方针 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 方 (fāng) drawn as one shape
方fāngsquare

方 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 针 (zhēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
针zhēnneedle
  • 钅gold form of 金 · jīn
  • 十ten · shí

How to write 方针

方 4 strokes · 针 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 方针

Words with 方

北方běifāng · north地方dìfang · place方便fāngbiàn · convenient南方nánfāng · the south西方xīfāng · the West东方dōngfāng · the East方便面fāngbiànmiàn · instant noodles方法fāngfǎ · method方面fāngmiàn · respect方向fāngxiàng · direction

Words with 针

打针dǎzhēn · to give or have an injection针对zhēnduì · to target指南针zhǐnánzhēn · compass

More words: Society & Law

独裁dúcái · dictatorship队伍duìwu · ranks毒品dúpǐn · drugs防御fángyù · defence法人fǎrén · legal entity诽谤fěibàng · to slander废除fèichú · to abolish非法fēifǎ · illegal

FAQs

方针 (fāngzhēn) means “policy” or “guiding principle”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fāngzhēn: fāng with a 1st tone, then zhēn with a 1st 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, 方针 is written 方針. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one policy is 一个方针 (yí ge fāngzhēn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fangzhen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 方针 from the suggestions. Typing fangzhen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
方针 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.