HSK 6 · Adjectives

精确 jīngquè “accurate” in Chinese

Traditional 精確

What 精确 means

  1. accurate
  2. precise

How to say 精确

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale精jīng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale确què4th tone, falling

精确 in a sentence

  1. 不要把精确和准确搞错。

    Búyào bǎ jīngquè hé zhǔnquè gǎocuò.

    Don’t confuse precision with accuracy.

    Sentence #4709715 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 现在精确度已经不重要了，你目测一下就好。

    Xiànzài jīngquèdù yǐjīng bú zhòngyào le, nǐ mùcè yíxià jiù hǎo.

    Precision doesn’t matter now – just estimate it by eye.

    Sentence #13897753 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 精确 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 精 (jīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
精jīngessence
  • 米rice · mǐMeaning part
  • 青blue-green · qīngSound part

米 hints at the meaning (rice); 青 (qīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jīng.

The character 确 (què) with each of its parts in a different colour
确quèauthenticated
  • 石stone · shíMeaning part
  • 角horn · jiǎoSound part

石 hints at the meaning (stone); 角 (jiǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with què.

How to write 精确

精 14 strokes · 确 12 strokes

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

Words related to 精确

Words with 精

精彩jīngcǎi · wonderful精力jīnglì · energy精神jīngshén · spirit精简jīngjiǎn · to streamline精密jīngmì · precise精心jīngxīn · meticulous精致jīngzhì · exquisite精通jīngtōng · to be proficient in酒精jiǔjīng · alcohol精华jīnghuá · essence

Words with 确

正确zhèngquè · correct准确zhǔnquè · accurate确实quèshí · indeed明确míngquè · clear确定quèdìng · to confirm确认quèrèn · to confirm的确díquè · really确信quèxìn · to be convinced确保quèbǎo · to ensure确立quèlì · to establish

More words: Adjectives

机灵jīling · clever机密jīmì · secret兢兢业业jīngjīngyèyè · conscientious精密jīngmì · precise精心jīngxīn · meticulous精致jīngzhì · exquisite紧迫jǐnpò · urgent吉祥jíxiáng · lucky

FAQs

精确 (jīngquè) means “accurate” or “precise”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jīngquè: jīng with a 1st tone, then què 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, 精确 is written 精確. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jingque with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 精确 from the suggestions. Typing jingque into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
精确 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.