HSK 6 · Verbs

确立 quèlì “to establish” in Chinese

Traditional 確立

What 确立 means

  1. to establish
  2. to set up
  3. to institute

How to say 确立

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale确què4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale立lì4th tone, falling

确立 in a sentence

  1. 他很早就确立了自己的人生目标。

    Tā hěn zǎo jiù quèlì le zìjǐ de rénshēng mùbiāo.

    He set his goals in life very early.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这次比赛确立了她的冠军地位。

    Zhè cì bǐsài quèlì le tā de guànjūn dìwèi.

    This competition established her as the champion.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 确立 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 确 (què) with each of its parts in a different colour
确quèauthenticated
  • 石stone · shíMeaning part
  • 角horn · jiǎoSound part

石 hints at the meaning (stone); 角 (jiǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with què.

The character 立 (lì) with each of its parts in a different colour
立lìto stand
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 一one · yī

How to write 确立

确 12 strokes · 立 5 strokes

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

Words related to 确立

Words with 确

正确zhèngquè · correct准确zhǔnquè · accurate确实quèshí · indeed明确míngquè · clear确定quèdìng · to confirm确认quèrèn · to confirm的确díquè · really确信quèxìn · to be convinced确保quèbǎo · to ensure精确jīngquè · accurate

Words with 立

立即lìjí · immediately立刻lìkè · immediately成立chénglì · to establish建立jiànlì · to establish独立dúlì · independent立足lìzú · to gain a foothold设立shèlì · to set up树立shùlì · to establish孤立gūlì · isolated立体lìtǐ · three-dimensional

More words: Common Verbs

欺骗qīpiàn · to deceive企图qǐtú · to attempt全力以赴quánlìyǐfù · to go all out确保quèbǎo · to ensure缺席quēxí · to be absent屈服qūfú · to yield染rǎn · to dye扰乱rǎoluàn · to disturb

FAQs

确立 (quèlì) means “to establish” or “to set up”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it quèlì: què with a 4th tone, then lì 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, 确立 is written 確立. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type queli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 确立 from the suggestions. Typing queli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
确立 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.