HSK 6 · Verbs

敬礼 jìnglǐ “to salute” in Chinese

Traditional 敬禮

What 敬礼 means

  1. to salute

How to say 敬礼

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale敬jìng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale礼lǐ3rd tone, dipping

敬礼 in a sentence

  1. 学生们向老师敬礼。

    Xuéshengmen xiàng lǎoshī jìnglǐ.

    The students saluted their teacher.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 升国旗的时候，大家都在敬礼。

    Shēng guóqí de shíhou, dàjiā dōu zài jìnglǐ.

    Everyone saluted as the flag was raised.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 敬礼 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 敬 (jìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
敬jìngrespectful; to respect
  • 苟part of the character
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pū
The character 礼 (lǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
礼lǐgift
  • 礻sign form of 示 · shìMeaning part
  • 乚second (cyclical) form of 乙 · yǐSound part

礻 hints at the meaning (sign); 乚 (yǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with lǐ.

How to write 敬礼

敬 12 strokes · 礼 5 strokes

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

Words related to 敬礼

Words with 敬

尊敬zūnjìng · to respect恭敬gōngjìng · respectful崇敬chóngjìng · to revere敬业jìngyè · dedication to one’s work

Words with 礼

礼物lǐwù · gift礼貌lǐmào · courtesy礼拜天Lǐbàitiān · Sunday婚礼hūnlǐ · wedding ceremony典礼diǎnlǐ · ceremony礼节lǐjié · etiquette礼尚往来lǐshàngwǎnglái · courtesy calls for reciprocity

More words: Common Verbs

节制jiézhì · to control借助jièzhù · to rely on惊动jīngdòng · to disturb精简jīngjiǎn · to streamline进攻jìngōng · to attack浸泡jìnpào · to soak纠正jiūzhèng · to correct给予jǐyǔ · to give

FAQs

敬礼 (jìnglǐ) means “to salute”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jìnglǐ: jìng with a 4th tone, then lǐ with a 3rd 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, 敬礼 is written 敬禮. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jingli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 敬礼 from the suggestions. Typing jingli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
敬礼 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.