The students each shared their own opinions on this question.
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How 各抒己见 is built
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各gèeach
夂go · zhǐ
口mouth · kǒu
抒shūto express
扌hand form of 手 · shǒuSound part
予to give · yúMeaning part
予 hints at the meaning (to give); 扌 (shǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with shū.
己jǐself
己 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
见jiànto see
冂down box · jiōng
儿legs · ér
Memory aidSimplified from 見: a big eye 目 on top of a person 儿: to see.
各抒己见 (gèshūjǐjiàn) means “everyone voices their own opinion” or “everyone gives their own view”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gèshūjǐjiàn: gè with a 4th tone, then shū with a 1st tone, then jǐ with a 3rd tone, then jiàn 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, 各抒己见 is written 各抒己見. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type geshujijian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 各抒己见 from the suggestions. Typing geshujijian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
各抒己见 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.