HSK 3.0 Level 4 · Adverbs

全 quán “whole” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 全 means

  1. whole
  2. entirely
  3. all
  4. entire
  5. every
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • complete

How to say 全

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale全quán2nd tone, rising

全 in a sentence

  1. 对不起，我全忘了。

    Duìbuqǐ, wǒ quán wàng le.

    Sorry, I completely forgot.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 谁吃了全部饼干？

    Shéi chī le quánbù bǐnggān?

    Who ate all the biscuits?

    Sentence #2341243 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 全部的店都关了。

    Quánbù de diàn dōu guān le.

    All the shops are closed.

    Sentence #10484388 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 全 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 全 (quán) with each of its parts in a different colour
全quánall
  • 入enter · rù
  • 玉jade · yù

How to write 全

全 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 全

Words with 全

安全ānquán · safe全部quánbù · whole完全wánquán · complete全面quánmiàn · comprehensive健全jiànquán · sound齐全qíquán · complete全局quánjú · overall situation竭尽全力jiéjìnquánlì · to do one’s utmost全力以赴quánlìyǐfù · to go all out

More words: Adverbs & Degree

总zǒng · always看来kànlái · it seems不用búyòng · no need to常cháng · often同样tóngyàng · likewise就是jiùshì · exactly已yǐ · already好好hǎohǎo · properly

FAQs

全 (quán) means “whole” or “entirely”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word.
Say it quán: quán with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 全 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type quan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 全 from the suggestions. Typing quan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
全 is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 3 word list. It is not on the older 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). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.