HSK 6 · Work

规划 guīhuà “plan” in Chinese

Traditional 規劃

What 规划 means

  1. plan
  2. planning
  3. to draw up a plan
  4. to map out a programme
  5. a programme

How to say 规划

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale规guī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale划huà4th tone, falling

规划 in a sentence

  1. 和其他公司一样，我们得向前看，规划好未来。

    Hé qítā gōngsī yíyàng, wǒmen děi xiàngqián kàn, guīhuà hǎo wèilái.

    Like any company, we’ve got to look ahead and plan for the future.

    Sentence #1494009 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他是个城市规划的专家。

    Tā shì ge chéngshì guīhuà de zhuānjiā.

    He’s an expert in urban planning.

    Sentence #336275 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 不要规划未来；会发生的事，到时候都会来的。

    Búyào guīhuà wèilái; huì fāshēng de shì, dào shíhou dōu huì lái de.

    Don’t plan the future; whatever is going to happen will happen when the time comes.

    Sentence #13117561 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 规划 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 规 (guī) with each of its parts in a different colour
规guīcompass
  • 夫man · fūSound part
  • 见to see · jiànMeaning part

见 hints at the meaning (to see); 夫 (fū) hints at the sound. Compare it with guī.

The character 划 (huà) with each of its parts in a different colour
划huàto delimit
  • 戈halberd · gē
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo

How to write 规划

规 8 strokes · 划 6 strokes

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

Words related to 规划

Words with 规

规定guīdìng · to stipulate规则guīzé · rule规矩guīju · rules规律guīlǜ · rule (e.g. of science)规模guīmó · scale正规zhèngguī · formal规章guīzhāng · rules规范guīfàn · standard规格guīgé · specifications

Words with 划

计划jìhuà · plan划huá · to row划分huàfēn · to divide策划cèhuà · to plan

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公关gōngguān · public relations功劳gōngláo · credit公务gōngwù · official business骨干gǔgàn · backbone顾问gùwèn · adviser雇佣gùyōng · to employ合伙héhuǒ · to form a partnership后勤hòuqín · logistics

FAQs

规划 (guīhuà) means “plan” or “planning”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it guīhuà: guī with a 1st tone, then huà 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, 规划 is written 規劃. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guihua with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 规划 from the suggestions. Typing guihua into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
规划 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.