HSK 6 · Work

顾问 gùwèn “adviser” in Chinese

Traditional 顧問

What 顾问 means

  1. adviser
  2. consultant

How to say 顾问

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale顾gù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale问wèn4th tone, falling

顾问 in a sentence

  1. 已经退休了，但还常常被他们请去做顾问。

    Yǐjīng tuìxiū le, dàn hái chángcháng bèi tāmen qǐng qù zuò gùwèn.

    He has already retired, but they still often ask him to act as a consultant.

    Sentence #420964 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 顾问 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 顾 (gù) with each of its parts in a different colour
顾gùto look after
  • 厄adversity · èSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 厄 (è) hints at the sound. Compare it with gù.

The character 问 (wèn) with each of its parts in a different colour
问wènto ask; to inquire
  • 门gate · ménSound part
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 门 (mén) hints at the sound. Compare it with wèn.

Memory aidA mouth 口 at the gate 门, with 门 (mén) giving the sound: to ask.

How to write 顾问

顾 10 strokes · 问 6 strokes

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

Words related to 顾问

Words with 顾

照顾zhàogu · take care of顾客gùkè · customer回顾huígù · to look back顾虑gùlǜ · worry不顾búgù · regardless of不屑一顾búxièyígù · to disdain后顾之忧hòugùzhīyōu · worries back home统筹兼顾tǒngchóujiāngù · to plan as a whole and consider all aspects

Words with 问

请问qǐngwèn · Excuse me问wèn · to ask问题wèntí · question提问tíwèn · to question问候wènhòu · to give one’s respects询问xúnwèn · to inquire疑问yíwèn · question学问xuéwèn · learning反问fǎnwèn · to ask a rhetorical question过问guòwèn · to concern oneself with

More words: Work & Career

功劳gōngláo · credit公务gōngwù · official business骨干gǔgàn · backbone规划guīhuà · plan雇佣gùyōng · to employ合伙héhuǒ · to form a partnership后勤hòuqín · logistics汇报huìbào · to report

FAQs

顾问 (gùwèn) means “adviser” or “consultant”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gùwèn: gù with a 4th tone, then wèn 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, 顾问 is written 顧問. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guwen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 顾问 from the suggestions. Typing guwen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
顾问 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.