HSK 5 · Ideas

角度 jiǎodù “angle” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 角度 means

  1. angle
  2. point of view
  3. (fig.) point of view

How to say 角度

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale角jiǎo3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale度dù4th tone, falling

角度 in a sentence

  1. 以我的角度来看，他是对的。

    Yǐ wǒ de jiǎodù lái kàn, tā shì duì de.

    From my point of view, he’s right.

    Sentence #353519 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 从现实的角度看，他的计划有很多缺点。

    Cóng xiànshí de jiǎodù kàn, tā de jìhuà yǒu hěn duō quēdiǎn.

    From a practical point of view, his plan has a lot of shortcomings.

    Sentence #347422 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 这个角度会过于狭窄。

    Zhè ge jiǎodù huì guòyú xiázhǎi.

    The angle would be too narrow.

    Sentence #919890 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 角度 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 角 (jiǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
角jiǎoangle
  • ⺈knife form of 刀 · dāo
  • 用use · yòng
The character 度 (du) with each of its parts in a different colour
度dùto pass
  • 广shelter · guǎng
  • 廿twenty · niàn
  • 又again · yòu

How to write 角度

角 7 strokes · 度 9 strokes

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

Words related to 角度

Words with 角

角jiǎo · horn角色juésè · role角落jiǎoluò · corner

Words with 度

态度tàidu · attitude温度wēndù · temperature速度sùdù · speed度dù · degree度过dùguò · to pass制度zhìdù · system (of rules)程度chéngdù · degree季度jìdù · quarter (of a year)年度niándù · year (e.g. financial year)一度yídù · once

More words: Ideas & Concepts

后果hòuguǒ · consequences话题huàtí · subject (of a talk or conversation)假设jiǎshè · to suppose价值jiàzhí · value结构jiégòu · structure结论jiélùn · conclusion精神jīngshén · spirit空间kōngjiān · space

FAQs

角度 (jiǎodù) means “angle” or “point of view”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiǎodù: jiǎo with a 3rd tone, then dù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 角度 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiaodu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 角度 from the suggestions. Typing jiaodu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
角度 is an HSK 5 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.