HSK 5 · Education

录取 lùqǔ “to admit (a student)” in Chinese

Traditional 錄取

What 录取 means

  1. to admit (a student)
  2. to accept (an applicant)
  3. to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam
  4. to hire (a job candidate)

How to say 录取

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale录lù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale取qǔ3rd tone, dipping

录取 in a sentence

  1. 她被北京大学录取了。

    Tā bèi Běijīng Dàxué lùqǔ le.

    She was accepted into Peking University.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这所大学今年录取了三千名新生。

    Zhè suǒ dàxué jīnnián lùqǔ le sān qiān míng xīnshēng.

    This university admitted three thousand new students this year.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 录取 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 录 (lù) with each of its parts in a different colour
录lùto carve wood
  • 彐snout · jì
  • 氺part of the character
The character 取 (qǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
取qǔto take
  • 耳ear · ěr
  • 又again · yòu

How to write 录取

录 8 strokes · 取 8 strokes

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

Words related to 录取

Words with 录

纪录jìlù · record (e.g. a sporting record)记录jìlù · to record目录mùlù · catalogue录音lùyīn · to record (sound)登录dēnglù · to log in备忘录bèiwànglù · memorandum

Words with 取

取qǔ · to take吸取xīqǔ · to absorb采取cǎiqǔ · to adopt or carry out (measures取消qǔxiāo · to cancel争取zhēngqǔ · to fight for索取suǒqǔ · to ask for取缔qǔdì · to ban无理取闹wúlǐqǔnào · to make trouble for no reason

More words: Education & Learning

教材jiàocái · teaching material经典jīngdiǎn · classic课程kèchéng · course朗读lǎngdú · to read aloud论文lùnwén · paper目录mùlù · catalogue拼音pīnyīn · pinyin (romanised Chinese)声调shēngdiào · tone (of a syllable)

FAQs

录取 (lùqǔ) means “to admit (a student)” or “to accept (an applicant)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it lùqǔ: lù with a 4th tone, then qǔ 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, 录取 is written 錄取. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type luqu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 录取 from the suggestions. Typing luqu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
录取 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.