HSK 6 · Society

领事馆 lǐngshìguǎn “consulate” in Chinese

Traditional 領事館

What 领事馆 means

  1. consulate

How to say 领事馆

  • 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事shì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale馆guǎn3rd tone, dipping

领事馆 in a sentence

  1. 在法国，你在大使馆工作还是领事馆？

    Zài Fǎguó, nǐ zài dàshǐguǎn gōngzuò háishi lǐngshìguǎn?

    In France, did you work at the embassy or the consulate?

    Sentence #1529529 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 领事馆 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 事 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
事shìmatter
  • 一one · yī
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 彐snout · jì
  • 亅hook · jué
The character 馆 (guǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
馆guǎnbuilding
  • 饣eat form of 食 · shí
  • 官official · guān

Memory aidFood 饣 with 官 (guān) for the sound: once a guest house, now a public building.

How to write 领事馆

领 11 strokes · 事 8 strokes · 馆 11 strokes

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

Words related to 领事馆

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领会lǐnghuì · to understand领悟lǐngwù · to comprehend带领dàilǐng · to lead领先lǐngxiān · to lead率领shuàilǐng · to lead

Words with 事

事shì · matter没事méishì · it’s nothing事情shìqing · matter同事tóngshì · colleague故事gùshi · story从事cóngshì · to engage in人事rénshì · personnel军事jūnshì · military affairs事实shìshí · fact事物shìwù · thing

Words with 馆

宾馆bīnguǎn · hotel饭馆fànguǎn · restaurant图书馆túshūguǎn · library体育馆tǐyùguǎn · gymnasium大使馆dàshǐguǎn · embassy博物馆bówùguǎn · museum

More words: Society & Law

军队jūnduì · army抗议kàngyì · to protest联盟liánméng · alliance礼节lǐjié · etiquette领袖lǐngxiù · leader礼尚往来lǐshàngwǎnglái · courtesy calls for reciprocity流氓liúmáng · hooligan掠夺lüèduó · to plunder

FAQs

领事馆 (lǐngshìguǎn) means “consulate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it lǐngshìguǎn: lǐng with a 3rd tone, then shì with a 4th tone, then guǎn 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, 领事馆 is written 領事館. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lingshiguan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 领事馆 from the suggestions. Typing lingshiguan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
领事馆 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.