HSK 6 · Work

盖章 gàizhāng “to stamp (with a seal)” in Chinese

Traditional 蓋章

What 盖章 means

  1. to stamp (with a seal)
  2. to affix a seal
  3. to stamp (a document)
  4. to sign off on sth

How to say 盖章

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale盖gài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale章zhāng1st tone, high and level

盖章 in a sentence

  1. 这份文件需要盖章才有效。

    Zhè fèn wénjiàn xūyào gàizhāng cái yǒuxiào.

    This document isn’t valid until it’s stamped.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 请在这里签字盖章。

    Qǐng zài zhèlǐ qiānzì gàizhāng.

    Please sign and stamp here.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 盖章 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 盖 (gài) with each of its parts in a different colour
盖gàilid
  • 羊sheep · yáng
  • 皿dish · mǐn
The character 章 (zhāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
章zhāngchapter
  • 音sound · yīn
  • 十ten · shí

How to write 盖章

盖 11 strokes · 章 11 strokes

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

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

Words related to 盖章

Words with 盖

盖gài · lid膝盖xīgài · knee覆盖fùgài · to cover掩盖yǎngài · to cover up

Words with 章

文章wénzhāng · article规章guīzhāng · rules章程zhāngchéng · regulations

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FAQs

盖章 (gàizhāng) means “to stamp (with a seal)” or “to affix a seal”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gàizhāng: gài with a 4th tone, then zhāng 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, 盖章 is written 蓋章. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gaizhang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 盖章 from the suggestions. Typing gaizhang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
盖章 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.