HSK 3.0 Level 4 · Everyday Verbs

入 rù “to enter” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 入 means

  1. to enter
  2. to join
  3. to go into
  4. to become a member of
  5. (bound form) to conform to (as in 入时)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 “iri”)

How to say 入

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale入rù4th tone, falling

入 in a sentence

  1. 欢迎你加入我们。

    Huānyíng nǐ jiārù wǒmen.

    You’re welcome to join us.

    Sentence #1789983 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他进入了我的房间。

    Tā jìnrù le wǒ de fángjiān.

    He came into my room.

    Sentence #2357613 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 儿童免费入场。

    Értóng miǎnfèi rùchǎng.

    Children get in free.

    Sentence #784118 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 入 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 入 (rù) drawn as one shape
入rùto enter; to go into

入 is a single shape of 2 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 入

入 2 strokes

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

Words related to 入

Words with 入

入口rùkǒu · entrance收入shōurù · income进入jìnrù · to enter加入jiārù · to join投入tóurù · to put in输入shūrù · to input陷入xiànrù · to fall into

More words: Everyday Verbs

管guǎn · to manage活huó · to live定dìng · to decide按àn · to press约yuē · to arrange to meet加入jiārù · to join通tōng · to go through排pái · to line up

FAQs

入 (rù) means “to enter” or “to join”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word.
Say it rù: rù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 入 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ru with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 入 from the suggestions. Typing ru into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
入 is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 6 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). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.