HSK 5 · Adjectives

客观 kèguān “objective” in Chinese

Traditional 客觀

What 客观 means

  1. objective
  2. impartial

How to say 客观

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale客kè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale观guān1st tone, high and level

客观 in a sentence

  1. 客观的历史存在吗？

    Kèguān de lìshǐ cúnzài ma?

    Does objective history exist?

    Sentence #392320 from Tatoeba

  2. 要小心那些说自己客观的人。

    Yào xiǎoxīn nàxiē shuō zìjǐ kèguān de rén.

    Be wary of people who say they’re objective.

    Sentence #7771916 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 客观 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 客 (kè) with each of its parts in a different colour
客kècustomer; visitor; guest
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 各individual · gè

Memory aidSomeone 各 welcomed under your roof 宀: a guest.

The character 观 (guān) with each of its parts in a different colour
观guānto look at
  • 又again · yòu
  • 见to see · jiàn

How to write 客观

客 9 strokes · 观 6 strokes

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

Words related to 客观

Words with 客

不客气bú kèqi · you’re welcome客人kèrén · guest游客yóukè · tourist请客qǐngkè · to treat someone (to a meal)做客zuòkè · to be a guest客厅kètīng · drawing room (room for arriving guests)顾客gùkè · customer好客hàokè · hospitable客户kèhù · client

Words with 观

参观cānguān · to look around观众guānzhòng · spectators观察guānchá · to observe观点guāndiǎn · point of view观念guānniàn · notion悲观bēiguān · pessimistic乐观lèguān · optimistic主观zhǔguān · subjective可观kěguān · considerable美观měiguān · attractive

More words: Adjectives

均匀jūnyún · even可靠kěkào · reliable可怕kěpà · awful刻苦kèkǔ · hardworking烂làn · rotten老实lǎoshi · honest乐观lèguān · optimistic了不起liǎobuqǐ · amazing

FAQs

客观 (kèguān) means “objective” or “impartial”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it kèguān: kè with a 4th tone, then guān with a 1st 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, 客观 is written 客觀. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type keguan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 客观 from the suggestions. Typing keguan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
客观 is an HSK 5 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.