He sat in on some of the board’s decision-making meetings.
Sentence #3565123 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 决策 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.
决juéto decide
冫ice · bīng
夬decisive · guài
Memory aidSimplified from 決, water 氵 breaking through a bank. 夬 (guài) gives the sound: to burst, to decide.
策cèpolicy
⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhúMeaning part
朿thorn · cìSound part
⺮ hints at the meaning (bamboo); 朿 (cì) hints at the sound. Compare it with cè.
How to write 决策
决 6 strokes · 策 12 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 决策 (juécè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
决策 (juécè) means “to make a policy decision” or “strategic decision”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it juécè: jué with a 2nd tone, then cè 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, 决策 is written 決策. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type juece with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 决策 from the suggestions. Typing juece into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
决策 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.
决jué2nd tone, rising
策cè4th tone, falling
