HSK 4 · Transport

签证 qiānzhèng “visa” in Chinese

Traditional 簽證

What 签证 means

  1. visa
  2. to issue a visa

How to say 签证

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale签qiān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale证zhèng4th tone, falling

签证 in a sentence

  1. 我申请了签证。

    Wǒ shēnqǐng le qiānzhèng.

    I applied for a visa.

    Sentence #512510 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 如果签证过期，你就必须离开中国。

    Rúguǒ qiānzhèng guòqī, nǐ jiù bìxū líkāi Zhōngguó.

    If your visa expires, you must leave China.

    Sentence #1477285 from Tatoeba

  3. 你不需要签证。

    Nǐ bù xūyào qiānzhèng.

    You don’t need a visa.

    Sentence #10335154 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 签证 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 签 (qiān) with each of its parts in a different colour
签qiānto sign one’s name
  • ⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhúMeaning part
  • 佥all · qiānSound part

⺮ hints at the meaning (bamboo); 佥 (qiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with qiān.

The character 证 (zhèng) with each of its parts in a different colour
证zhèngto admonish
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yán
  • 正straight · zhēng

How to write 签证

签 13 strokes · 证 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 签证

Words with 签

签qiān · to sign (one’s name)签署qiānshǔ · to sign (an agreement)

Words with 证

保证bǎozhèng · guarantee证明zhèngmíng · proof证件zhèngjiàn · certificate证据zhèngjù · evidence论证lùnzhèng · to prove验证yànzhèng · to verify证实zhèngshí · to confirm证书zhèngshū · certificate公证gōngzhèng · notarisation辩证biànzhèng · dialectical

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FAQs

签证 (qiānzhèng) means “visa” or “to issue a visa”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it qiānzhèng: qiān with a 1st tone, then zhèng 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, 签证 is written 簽證. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qianzheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 签证 from the suggestions. Typing qianzheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
签证 is an HSK 4 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.