HSK 6 · Ideas

迹象 jìxiàng “sign” in Chinese

Traditional 跡象

What 迹象 means

  1. sign
  2. indication
  3. trace
  4. mark
  5. indicator

How to say 迹象

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale迹jì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale象xiàng4th tone, falling

迹象 in a sentence

  1. 所有迹象表明她好起来了。

    Suǒyǒu jìxiàng biǎomíng tā hǎo qǐlai le.

    All the signs show that she’s getting better.

    Sentence #332666 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这雨没有要停的迹象。

    Zhè yǔ méiyǒu yào tíng de jìxiàng.

    The rain shows no sign of stopping.

    Sentence #380726 from Tatoeba

  3. 那是个好迹象。

    Nà shì ge hǎo jìxiàng.

    That’s a good sign.

    Sentence #10267402 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 迹象 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 迹 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
迹jìtrace; mark; vestige; clue
  • 亦also · yìSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 亦 (yì) hints at the sound. Compare it with jì.

The character 象 (xiàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
象xiàngelephant
  • ⺈knife form of 刀 · dāo
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 豕pig · shǐMeaning part

How to write 迹象

迹 9 strokes · 象 11 strokes

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

Words related to 迹象

Words with 迹

奇迹qíjì · miracle名胜古迹míngshènggǔjì · famous sights and historic sites痕迹hénjì · trace事迹shìjì · deed踪迹zōngjì · trace

Words with 象

印象yìnxiàng · impression对象duìxiàng · target象棋xiàngqí · Chinese chess想象xiǎngxiàng · to imagine抽象chōuxiàng · abstract大象dàxiàng · elephant现象xiànxiàng · phenomenon象征xiàngzhēng · emblem形象xíngxiàng · image气象qìxiàng · meteorology

More words: Ideas & Concepts

锦上添花jǐnshàngtiānhuā · to make something even better进展jìnzhǎn · progress技巧jìqiǎo · skill极限jíxiàn · limit机遇jīyù · opportunity局部júbù · part举动jǔdòng · act觉悟juéwù · awareness

FAQs

迹象 (jìxiàng) means “sign” or “indication”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jìxiàng: jì with a 4th tone, then xiàng 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, 迹象 is written 跡象. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jixiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 迹象 from the suggestions. Typing jixiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
迹象 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.