HSK 6 · Adjectives

清晰 qīngxī “clear” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 清晰 means

  1. clear
  2. distinct
  3. sharp

How to say 清晰

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale晰xī1st tone, high and level

清晰 in a sentence

  1. 这台电脑的屏幕很清晰。

    Zhè tái diànnǎo de píngmù hěn qīngxī.

    This computer’s screen is very sharp.

    Sentence #8746408 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 透过办公室的窗户可以清晰地看见城市的风景。

    Tòuguò bàngōngshì de chuānghu kěyǐ qīngxī de kànjiàn chéngshì de fēngjǐng.

    You can see the city view clearly from the office window.

    Sentence #13906371 from Tatoeba

How 清晰 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 晰 (xī) with each of its parts in a different colour
晰xīclear
  • 日sun · rìMeaning part
  • 析to split wood · xīSound part

日 hints at the meaning (sun); 析 (xī) hints at the sound. Compare it with xī.

How to write 清晰

清 11 strokes · 晰 12 strokes

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

Words related to 清晰

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清澈qīngchè · clear清洁qīngjié · clean清醒qīngxǐng · sober

More words: Adjectives

切实qièshí · practical奇妙qímiào · wonderful清澈qīngchè · clear清洁qīngjié · clean清醒qīngxǐng · sober勤俭qínjiǎn · hardworking and thrifty勤劳qínláo · hardworking亲密qīnmì · intimate

FAQs

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