HSK 6 · Verbs

检讨 jiǎntǎo “self-criticism” in Chinese

Said as jiántǎo

Traditional 檢討

What 检讨 means

  1. self-criticism
  2. to examine oneself
  3. review
  4. to examine or inspect

How to say 检讨

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale讨tǎo3rd tone, dipping

Said as jiántǎo. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

检讨 in a sentence

  1. 他写了一份检讨，承认了自己的错误。

    Tā xiě le yí fèn jiǎntǎo, chéngrèn le zìjǐ de cuòwù.

    He wrote a self-criticism admitting his mistake.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我们要检讨一下这次活动的问题。

    Wǒmen yào jiǎntǎo yíxià zhè cì huódòng de wèntí.

    We need to review what went wrong with this event.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 检讨 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 讨 (tǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
讨tǎoto invite
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yán
  • 寸inch · cùn

How to write 检讨

检 11 strokes · 讨 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 检讨

Words with 检

检查jiǎnchá · to check检票jiǎnpiào · to check tickets检验jiǎnyàn · to inspect

Words with 讨

讨论tǎolùn · to discuss讨厌tǎoyàn · to dislike讨价还价tǎojiàhuánjià · to bargain探讨tàntǎo · to discuss讨好tǎohǎo · to please

More words: Thinking & Talking

混淆hùnxiáo · to confuse呼吁hūyù · to appeal鉴别jiànbié · to distinguish鉴定jiàndìng · to appraise交代jiāodài · to explain交涉jiāoshè · to negotiate借鉴jièjiàn · to learn from揭露jiēlù · to expose

FAQs

检讨 (jiǎntǎo) means “self-criticism” or “to examine oneself”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiǎntǎo: jiǎn with a 3rd tone, then tǎo with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like jiántǎo. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. 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, 检讨 is written 檢討. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiantao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 检讨 from the suggestions. Typing jiantao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
检讨 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.