HSK 5 · Verbs

庆祝 qìngzhù “to celebrate” in Chinese

Traditional 慶祝

What 庆祝 means

  1. to celebrate

How to say 庆祝

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale庆qìng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale祝zhù4th tone, falling

庆祝 in a sentence

  1. 我们庆祝了他的生日。

    Wǒmen qìngzhù le tā de shēngrì.

    We celebrated his birthday.

    Sentence #380863 from Tatoeba

  2. 你是怎样庆祝生日的？

    Nǐ shì zěnyàng qìngzhù shēngrì de?

    How did you celebrate your birthday?

    Sentence #1746044 from Tatoeba

  3. 合同已经到手了，那就出去庆祝一下吧。

    Hétong yǐjīng dàoshǒu le, nà jiù chūqù qìngzhù yíxià ba.

    The contract’s in the bag, so let’s go out and celebrate.

    Sentence #332490 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 庆祝 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 庆 (qìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
庆qìngto celebrate
  • 广shelter · guǎng
  • 大big · dà
The character 祝 (zhù) with each of its parts in a different colour
祝zhùto pray for
  • 礻sign form of 示 · shì
  • 兄elder brother · xiōng

How to write 庆祝

庆 6 strokes · 祝 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 庆祝

Words with 庆

国庆节Guóqìngjié · PRC National Day (October 1st)

Words with 祝

祝zhù · to wish (someone well)祝贺zhùhè · to congratulate祝福zhùfú · blessing

More words: Common Verbs

破坏pòhuài · to destroy抢qiǎng · to snatch瞧qiáo · to look at切qiē · to cut取消qǔxiāo · to cancel去世qùshì · to pass away缺乏quēfá · to lack燃烧ránshāo · to burn

FAQs

庆祝 (qìngzhù) means “to celebrate”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it qìngzhù: qìng with a 4th tone, then zhù 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, 庆祝 is written 慶祝. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qingzhu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 庆祝 from the suggestions. Typing qingzhu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
庆祝 is an HSK 5 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.