HSK 6 · Verbs

瞄准 miáozhǔn “to aim at” in Chinese

Traditional 瞄準

What 瞄准 means

  1. to aim at
  2. to take aim
  3. to take aim at
  4. to target

How to say 瞄准

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale瞄miáo2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale准zhǔn3rd tone, dipping

瞄准 in a sentence

  1. 他瞄准了，却没命中。

    Tā miáozhǔn le, què méi mìngzhòng.

    He aimed, but missed.

    Sentence #4844744 from Tatoeba

How 瞄准 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 瞄 (miáo) with each of its parts in a different colour
瞄miáoto take aim
  • 目eye · mùMeaning part
  • 苗sprouts · miáoSound part

目 hints at the meaning (eye); 苗 (miáo) hints at the sound. Compare it with miáo.

The character 准 (zhǔn) with each of its parts in a different colour
准zhǔnto allow
  • 冫ice · bīngMeaning part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīSound part

冫 hints at the meaning (ice); 隹 (zhuī) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhǔn.

How to write 瞄准

瞄 13 strokes · 准 10 strokes

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

Words related to 瞄准

Words with 准

准备zhǔnbèi · to prepare标准biāozhǔn · standard准确zhǔnquè · accurate准时zhǔnshí · on time批准pīzhǔn · to approve准则zhǔnzé · principle

More words: Common Verbs

埋葬máizàng · to bury (the dead)蔓延mànyán · to spread冒充màochōng · to pass oneself off as眯mī · to narrow one’s eyes弥补míbǔ · to make up for密封mìfēng · to seal up弥漫mímàn · to fill the air命名mìngmíng · to name

FAQs

瞄准 (miáozhǔn) means “to aim at” or “to take aim”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it miáozhǔn: miáo with a 2nd tone, then zhǔn 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, 瞄准 is written 瞄準. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type miaozhun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 瞄准 from the suggestions. Typing miaozhun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
瞄准 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.