HSK 6 · Ideas

千方百计 qiānfāngbǎijì “by every possible means” in Chinese

Traditional 千方百計

What 千方百计 means

  1. by every possible means
  2. lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom)

How to say 千方百计

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale千qiān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale方fāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale百bǎi3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale计jì4th tone, falling

千方百计 in a sentence

  1. 父母千方百计地为孩子找好学校。

    Fùmǔ qiānfāngbǎijì de wèi háizi zhǎo hǎo xuéxiào.

    The parents tried every possible way to find a good school for their child.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他千方百计想买到那场演唱会的票。

    Tā qiānfāngbǎijì xiǎng mǎi dào nà chǎng yǎnchànghuì de piào.

    He tried everything to get tickets to that concert.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 千方百计 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 千 (qiān) with each of its parts in a different colour
千qiānthousand
  • 丿slash · piě
  • 十ten · shí
The character 方 (fāng) drawn as one shape
方fāngsquare

方 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 百 (bǎi) with each of its parts in a different colour
百bǎihundred
  • 一one · yīMeaning part
  • 白white · báiSound part

一 hints at the meaning (one); 白 (bái) hints at the sound. Compare it with bǎi.

The character 计 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
计jìto calculate
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 十ten · shíSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 十 (shí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jì.

How to write 千方百计

千 3 strokes · 方 4 strokes · 百 6 strokes · 计 4 strokes

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千方百计 (qiānfāngbǎijì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 千方百计 (qiānfāngbǎijì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 千方百计

Words with 千

千qiān · thousand千万qiānwàn · be sure to

Words with 方

北方běifāng · north地方dìfang · place方便fāngbiàn · convenient南方nánfāng · the south西方xīfāng · the West东方dōngfāng · the East方便面fāngbiànmiàn · instant noodles方法fāngfǎ · method方面fāngmiàn · respect方向fāngxiàng · direction

Words with 百

百bǎi · hundred百分之bǎifēnzhī · per cent老百姓lǎobǎixìng · ordinary people

Words with 计

计划jìhuà · plan估计gūjì · to estimate计算jìsuàn · to count会计kuàijì · accountant设计shèjì · to design计较jìjiào · to fuss over共计gòngjì · to total统计tǒngjì · statistics

More words: Ideas & Concepts

片断piànduàn · fragment偏见piānjiàn · prejudice品德pǐndé · moral character品质pǐnzhì · quality前景qiánjǐng · prospects潜力qiánlì · potential前提qiántí · premise潜移默化qiányímòhuà · to influence subtly over time

FAQs

千方百计 (qiānfāngbǎijì) means “by every possible means” or “lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qiānfāngbǎijì: qiān with a 1st tone, then fāng with a 1st tone, then bǎi with a 3rd tone, then jì 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, 千方百计 is written 千方百計. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qianfangbaiji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 千方百计 from the suggestions. Typing qianfangbaiji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
千方百计 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.