HSK 2 · Common Verbs

介绍 jièshào “to introduce” in Chinese

Traditional 介紹

What 介绍 means

  1. to introduce
  2. to introduce (sb to sb)
  3. to give a presentation
  4. to present (sb for a job etc)
  5. introduction

How to say 介绍

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale介jiè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale绍shào4th tone, falling

介绍 in a sentence

  1. 我给你介绍介绍我的朋友。

    Wǒ gěi nǐ jièshào jièshào wǒ de péngyou.

    Let me introduce my friend to you.

    Sentence #3378090 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 现在我要向你介绍我的父母。

    Xiànzài wǒ yào xiàng nǐ jièshào wǒ de fùmǔ.

    Now I want to introduce my parents to you.

    Sentence #465031 from Tatoeba

  3. 我上个礼拜把她介绍给你了。

    Wǒ shàng ge lǐbài bǎ tā jièshào gěi nǐ le.

    I introduced her to you last week.

    Sentence #939346 from Tatoeba

How 介绍 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 介 (jiè) drawn as one shape
介jièto introduce

介 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 绍 (shào) with each of its parts in a different colour
绍shàoto continue
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 召imperial decree · zhàoSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 召 (zhào) hints at the sound. Compare it with shào.

How to write 介绍

介 4 strokes · 绍 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 介绍

Words with 介

中介zhōngjiè · agency媒介méijiè · medium

More words: Common Verbs

踢足球tīzúqiú · to play football (football)休息xiūxi · to rest找zhǎo · to look for帮助bāngzhù · to help等děng · to wait玩wán · to play进jìn · to enter出chū · to go out

FAQs

介绍 (jièshào) means “to introduce” or “to introduce (sb to sb)”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it jièshào: jiè with a 4th tone, then shào 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, 介绍 is written 介紹. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jieshao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 介绍 from the suggestions. Typing jieshao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
介绍 is an HSK 2 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.