HSK 6 · Ideas

渠道 qúdào “channel” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 渠道 means

  1. channel
  2. means
  3. irrigation ditch
  4. (fig.) channel
  5. avenue

How to say 渠道

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale渠qú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale道dào4th tone, falling

渠道 in a sentence

  1. 你是通过什么渠道知道这个消息的？

    Nǐ shì tōngguò shénme qúdào zhīdao zhè ge xiāoxi de?

    How did you hear about this news?

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 公司在开发新的销售渠道。

    Gōngsī zài kāifā xīn de xiāoshòu qúdào.

    The company is developing new sales channels.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 渠道 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 渠 (qú) with each of its parts in a different colour
渠qústream; canal; drain; ditch 条)
  • 洰ditch
  • 木tree · mù
The character 道 (dào) with each of its parts in a different colour
道dàoroad; path 条,股)
  • 首head · shǒuSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 首 (shǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with dào.

Memory aidPicture walking 辶 with your head 首 leading the way: a road, a way.

How to write 渠道

渠 11 strokes · 道 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 渠道

Words with 道

知道zhīdao · to know (a fact)街道jiēdào · street道dào · (m.w. for orders味道wèidao · flavour道歉dàoqiàn · to apologise难道nándào · don’t tell me …报道bàodào · to report (news)地道dìdao · authentic道德dàodé · virtue频道píndào · frequency

More words: Ideas & Concepts

齐心协力qíxīnxiélì · to work together起源qǐyuán · origin全局quánjú · overall situation圈套quāntào · trap缺口quēkǒu · gap缺陷quēxiàn · defect人格réngé · personality人间rénjiān · the human world

FAQs

渠道 (qúdào) means “channel” or “means”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qúdào: qú with a 2nd tone, then dào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 渠道 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qudao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 渠道 from the suggestions. Typing qudao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
渠道 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.