HSK 6 · Adjectives

清澈 qīngchè “clear” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 清澈 means

  1. clear
  2. limpid (water)
  3. limpid

How to say 清澈

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale清qīng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale澈chè4th tone, falling

清澈 in a sentence

  1. 你的歌声像太平洋的海水一样清澈。

    Nǐ de gēshēng xiàng Tàipíng Yáng de hǎishuǐ yíyàng qīngchè.

    You sing with a voice as clear as the waters of the Pacific Ocean.

    Sentence #1325210 from Tatoeba

How 清澈 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 清 (qīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
清qīngclear; clean
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 青blue-green · qīngSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 青 (qīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with qīng.

The character 澈 (chè) with each of its parts in a different colour
澈chèclear
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 育to produce · yù
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pū

How to write 清澈

清 11 strokes · 澈 15 strokes

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

Words related to 清澈

Words with 清

清楚qīngchu · clear清淡qīngdàn · light (of food清晨qīngchén · early morning清真qīngzhēn · halal澄清chéngqīng · to clarify清除qīngchú · to clear away清理qīnglǐ · to clear up清洁qīngjié · clean清晰qīngxī · clear清醒qīngxǐng · sober

More words: Adjectives

谦逊qiānxùn · modest锲而不舍qiè'érbùshě · to persevere切实qièshí · practical奇妙qímiào · wonderful清洁qīngjié · clean清晰qīngxī · clear清醒qīngxǐng · sober勤俭qínjiǎn · hardworking and thrifty

FAQs

清澈 (qīngchè) means “clear” or “limpid (water)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qīngchè: qīng with a 1st tone, then chè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 清澈 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qingche with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 清澈 from the suggestions. Typing qingche into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
清澈 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.