HSK 6 · Society

领袖 lǐngxiù “leader” in Chinese

Traditional 領袖

What 领袖 means

  1. leader

How to say 领袖

  • 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袖xiù4th tone, falling

领袖 in a sentence

  1. 聪明的领袖知道什么时候要听取他人意见。

    Cōngming de lǐngxiù zhīdao shénme shíhou yào tīngqǔ tārén yìjiàn.

    A wise leader knows when to listen to others.

    Sentence #5549603 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 他们把他奉为领袖。

    Tāmen bǎ tā fèngwéi lǐngxiù.

    They regarded him as their leader.

    Sentence #5551180 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他是下一代人的领袖。

    Tā shì xià yí dài rén de lǐngxiù.

    He’s a leader of the next generation.

    Sentence #10365092 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 领袖 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 袖 (xiù) with each of its parts in a different colour
袖xiùsleeve
  • 衤clothes form of 衣 · yīMeaning part
  • 由cause · yóuSound part

衤 hints at the meaning (clothes); 由 (yóu) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiù.

How to write 领袖

领 11 strokes · 袖 10 strokes

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

Words related to 领袖

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

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FAQs

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