Tom is an archaeologist leading the excavations near Rome.
Sentence #13579012 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters
How 领导 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.
领lǐngneck
令command · língSound part
页page · xiéMeaning part
页 hints at the meaning (page); 令 (líng) hints at the sound. Compare it with lǐng.
导dǎoto transmit
巳part of the character
寸inch · cùn
How to write 领导
领 11 strokes · 导 6 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 领导 (lǐngdǎo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
领导 (lǐngdǎo) means “leader” or “to lead”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it lǐngdǎo: lǐng with a 3rd tone, then dǎo with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like língdǎo. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. 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, 领导 is written 領導. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 位 (wèi) or 个 (gè). For example, one leader is 一位领导 (yí wèi lǐngdǎo).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lingdao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 领导 from the suggestions. Typing lingdao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
领导 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.
领lǐng3rd tone, dipping
