HSK 6 · Verbs

领会 lǐnghuì “to understand” in Chinese

Traditional 領會

What 领会 means

  1. to understand
  2. to grasp
  3. to comprehend

How to say 领会

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale领lǐng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale会huì4th tone, falling

领会 in a sentence

  1. 我没有领会这个意义。

    Wǒ méiyǒu lǐnghuì zhè ge yìyì.

    I didn’t grasp its significance.

    Sentence #1884719 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 对我们来说，最重要的是领会领导意图。

    Duì wǒmen lái shuō, zuì zhòngyào de shì lǐnghuì lǐngdǎo yìtú.

    For us, the most important thing is to grasp what the leadership intends.

    Sentence #2367557 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 领会 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 领 (lǐng) with each of its parts in a different colour
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.

The character 会 (huì) with each of its parts in a different colour
会huìcan; to have the skill; to know how to
  • 人person · rén
  • 云cloud · yún

Memory aidPeople 人 getting together to talk 云 (云 meant “to say” in old Chinese): to meet, and to know how.

How to write 领会

领 11 strokes · 会 6 strokes

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

Words related to 领会

Words with 领

领导lǐngdǎo · leader本领běnlǐng · skill领域lǐngyù · domain系领带jì lǐngdài · to tie a tie领土lǐngtǔ · territory领悟lǐngwù · to comprehend带领dàilǐng · to lead领先lǐngxiān · to lead率领shuàilǐng · to lead纲领gānglǐng · guiding principles

Words with 会

会huì · can会议huìyì · meeting机会jīhuì · opportunity开会kāihuì · to have a meeting晚会wǎnhuì · evening party一会儿yíhuìr · a while运动会yùndònghuì · sports meet误会wùhuì · to misunderstand约会yuēhuì · appointment聚会jùhuì · party

More words: Thinking & Talking

联络liánluò · to contact联想liánxiǎng · to associate (ideas)理睬lǐcǎi · to pay attention to列举lièjǔ · to list领悟lǐngwù · to comprehend流露liúlù · to reveal留神liúshén · to be careful理智lǐzhì · reason

FAQs

领会 (lǐnghuì) means “to understand” or “to grasp”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it lǐnghuì: lǐng with a 3rd tone, then huì 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, 领会 is written 領會. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type linghui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 领会 from the suggestions. Typing linghui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
领会 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.