HSK 6 · Verbs

列举 lièjǔ “to list” in Chinese

Traditional 列舉

What 列举 means

  1. to list
  2. to enumerate

How to say 列举

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale列liè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale举jǔ3rd tone, dipping

列举 in a sentence

  1. 请列举三个例子。

    Qǐng lièjǔ sān ge lìzi.

    Please give three examples.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他列举了学中文的很多好处。

    Tā lièjǔ le xué Zhōngwén de hěn duō hǎochu.

    He listed lots of benefits of learning Chinese.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 列举 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 列 (liè) with each of its parts in a different colour
列lièto arrange
  • 歹death · dǎi
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoMeaning part
The character 举 (jǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
举jǔto lift
  • 兴to thrive · xīng
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 舉 () hints at the sound. Compare it with jǔ.

How to write 列举

列 6 strokes · 举 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 列举

Words with 列

排列páiliè · to arrange in order列车lièchē · train并列bìngliè · to stand side by side陈列chénliè · to display行列hángliè · ranks系列xìliè · series

Words with 举

举jǔ · to lift举办jǔbàn · to conduct举行jǔxíng · to hold (a meeting选举xuǎnjǔ · to elect举动jǔdòng · act举足轻重jǔzúqīngzhòng · to play a decisive role举世瞩目jǔshìzhǔmù · to attract worldwide attention一举两得yìjǔliǎngdé · to kill two birds with one stone

More words: Thinking & Talking

唠叨láodao · to nag联络liánluò · to contact联想liánxiǎng · to associate (ideas)理睬lǐcǎi · to pay attention to领会lǐnghuì · to understand领悟lǐngwù · to comprehend流露liúlù · to reveal留神liúshén · to be careful

FAQs

列举 (lièjǔ) means “to list” or “to enumerate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it lièjǔ: liè with a 4th tone, then jǔ 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, 列举 is written 列舉. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lieju with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 列举 from the suggestions. Typing lieju into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
列举 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.