HSK 4 · Adjectives

国际 guójì “international” in Chinese

Traditional 國際

What 国际 means

  1. international

How to say 国际

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale国guó2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale际jì4th tone, falling

国际 in a sentence

  1. 我想打个国际电话。

    Wǒ xiǎng dǎ ge guójì diànhuà.

    I’d like to make an international call.

    Sentence #893035 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 英语是国际语言。

    Yīngyǔ shì guójì yǔyán.

    English is an international language.

    Sentence #811873 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 他是个国际银行的翻译。

    Tā shì ge guójì yínháng de fānyì.

    He’s an interpreter at an international bank.

    Sentence #859108 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 国际 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 国 (guó) with each of its parts in a different colour
国guócountry; nation; state
  • 囗enclosure · wéi
  • 玉jade · yù

Memory aidTreasure 玉 kept inside a country’s borders 囗.

The character 际 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
际jìborder
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 示sign · shìSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 示 (shì) hints at the sound. Compare it with jì.

How to write 国际

国 8 strokes · 际 7 strokes

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

Words related to 国际

Words with 国

国guó · country中国Zhōngguó · China出国chūguó · to go abroad外国wàiguó · foreign (country)国家guójiā · country国籍guójí · nationality国王guówáng · king国庆节Guóqìngjié · PRC National Day (October 1st)祖国zǔguó · homeland国防guófáng · national defence

Words with 际

实际shíjì · actual实际上shíjìshàng · in fact交际jiāojì · social interaction之际zhījì · at the time of

More words: Adjectives

复杂fùzá · complicated富fù · rich干gān · dry关键guānjiàn · crucial point合格hégé · to meet the standard required合适héshì · suitable厚hòu · thick活泼huópo · lively

FAQs

国际 (guójì) means “international”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it guójì: guó with a 2nd tone, then jì 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, 国际 is written 國際. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guoji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 国际 from the suggestions. Typing guoji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
国际 is an HSK 4 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.