HSK 6 · Verbs

立足 lìzú “to gain a foothold” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 立足 means

  1. to gain a foothold
  2. to base oneself on
  3. to stand
  4. to have a footing
  5. to be established

How to say 立足

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale立lì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale足zú2nd tone, rising

立足 in a sentence

  1. 放眼全球，立足本土。

    Fàngyǎn quánqiú, lìzú běntǔ.

    Think global, act local.

    Sentence #13180351 from Tatoeba

How 立足 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 立 (lì) with each of its parts in a different colour
立lìto stand
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 一one · yī
The character 足 (jù) drawn as one shape
足zúfoot; leg

足 is a single shape of 7 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from a leg with a foot below: foot. You see it on the left of 跑 (pǎo) “run”, 跳 (tiào) “jump” and 踢 (tī) “kick”.

How to write 立足

立 5 strokes · 足 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 立足

Words with 立

立即lìjí · immediately立刻lìkè · immediately成立chénglì · to establish建立jiànlì · to establish独立dúlì · independent确立quèlì · to establish设立shèlì · to set up树立shùlì · to establish孤立gūlì · isolated立体lìtǐ · three-dimensional

Words with 足

足球zúqiú · football踢足球tīzúqiú · to play football (football)满足mǎnzú · to satisfy不足bùzú · insufficient充足chōngzú · sufficient十足shízú · complete足以zúyǐ · enough to举足轻重jǔzúqīngzhòng · to play a decisive role微不足道wēibùzúdào · insignificant知足常乐zhīzúchánglè · contentment brings happiness

More words: Common Verbs

溜liū · to slip away流浪liúlàng · to wander留念liúniàn · to keep as a memento力争lìzhēng · to strive for笼罩lǒngzhào · to envelop搂lǒu · to hug落成luòchéng · to be completed (building)履行lǚxíng · to fulfil

FAQs

立足 (lìzú) means “to gain a foothold” or “to base oneself on”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it lìzú: lì with a 4th tone, then zú with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 立足 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lizu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 立足 from the suggestions. Typing lizu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
立足 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.