HSK 5 · Science

复制 fùzhì “to duplicate” in Chinese

Traditional 複製

What 复制 means

  1. to duplicate
  2. to make a copy of
  3. to copy
  4. to reproduce
  5. to clone

How to say 复制

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale复fù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale制zhì4th tone, falling

复制 in a sentence

  1. 复制/粘贴是很有用的。

    Fùzhì/zhāntiē shì hěn yǒuyòng de.

    Copy and paste is very useful.

    Sentence #619799 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 复制 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 复 (fù) with each of its parts in a different colour
复fùto go and return
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 日sun · rì
  • 夂go · zhǐ
The character 制 (zhì) drawn as one shape
制zhìsystem

制 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 复制

复 9 strokes · 制 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 复制

Words with 复

复习fùxí · revise复印fùyìn · to photocopy复杂fùzá · complicated恢复huīfù · to recover重复chóngfù · to repeat反复fǎnfù · repeatedly答复dáfù · to reply报复bàofu · to retaliate修复xiūfù · to repair复兴fùxīng · revival

Words with 制

控制kòngzhì · to control限制xiànzhì · to restrict制定zhìdìng · to draw up制造zhìzào · to manufacture制作zhìzuò · to make制度zhìdù · system (of rules)制服zhìfú · uniform遏制èzhì · to curb节制jiézhì · to control牵制qiānzhì · to contain

More words: Science & Technology

程序chéngxù · procedures充电器chōngdiànqì · battery charger电池diànchí · battery机器jīqì · machine键盘jiànpán · keyboard浏览liúlǎn · to skim over录音lùyīn · to record (sound)智能zhìnéng · smart

FAQs

复制 (fùzhì) means “to duplicate” or “to make a copy of”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it fùzhì: fù with a 4th tone, then zhì with a 4th 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, 复制 is written 複製. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fuzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 复制 from the suggestions. Typing fuzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
复制 is an HSK 5 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.