HSK 3 · Verbs

检查 jiǎnchá “to check” in Chinese

Traditional 檢查

What 检查 means

  1. to check
  2. examine
  3. inspect
  4. inspection

Measure word 次 cì · 一次检查 yí cì jiǎnchá

How to say 检查

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale检jiǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale查chá2nd tone, rising

检查 in a sentence

  1. 请大家认真检查一次，再把考卷交上来。

    Qǐng dàjiā rènzhēn jiǎnchá yí cì, zài bǎ kǎojuàn jiāo shànglai.

    Please check your work carefully once more, then hand in your exam papers.

    Sentence #2348891 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 出门前记得检查一下煤气是否关好了。

    Chūmén qián jìde jiǎnchá yíxià méiqì shìfǒu guān hǎo le.

    Before you go out, remember to check that the gas is turned off.

    Sentence #5145104 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你得检查一下眼睛。

    Nǐ děi jiǎnchá yíxià yǎnjing.

    You need to get your eyes checked.

    Sentence #9973735 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 检查 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 检 (jiǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
检jiǎnto check
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 佥all · qiānSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 佥 (qiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiǎn.

The character 查 (chá) with each of its parts in a different colour
查cháto research
  • 木tree · mù
  • 旦dawn · dàn

How to write 检查

检 11 strokes · 查 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 检查

Words with 检

检票jiǎnpiào · to check tickets检讨jiǎntǎo · self-criticism检验jiǎnyàn · to inspect

Words with 查

查chá · to check调查diàochá · investigation查获cháhuò · to seize (in an investigation)审查shěnchá · to examine

More words: Thinking & Talking

害怕hàipà · afraid of欢迎huānyíng · to welcome回答huídá · to reply记得jìde · remember讲jiǎng · to talk解决jiějué · settle a dispute决定juédìng · decide练习liànxí · practice

FAQs

检查 (jiǎnchá) means “to check” or “examine”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it jiǎnchá: jiǎn with a 3rd tone, then chá with a 2nd 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, 检查 is written 檢查. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 次 (cì). For example, one to check is 一次检查 (yí cì jiǎnchá).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiancha with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 检查 from the suggestions. Typing jiancha into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
检查 is an HSK 3 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.