HSK 6 · Adjectives

奢侈 shēchǐ “luxurious” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 奢侈 means

  1. luxurious
  2. extravagant

How to say 奢侈

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale奢shē1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale侈chǐ3rd tone, dipping

奢侈 in a sentence

  1. 我觉得这钻石戒指太奢侈了。

    Wǒ juéde zhè zuànshí jièzhi tài shēchǐ le.

    I think this diamond ring is too extravagant.

    Sentence #364917 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 旅游对我来说是付不起的奢侈。

    Lǚyóu duì wǒ lái shuō shì fù bu qǐ de shēchǐ.

    Travel is a luxury I can’t afford.

    Sentence #14014421 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 广告怂恿我们买奢侈品。

    Guǎnggào sǒngyǒng wǒmen mǎi shēchǐpǐn.

    Advertisements urge us to buy luxuries.

    Sentence #919907 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 奢侈 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 奢 (shē) with each of its parts in a different colour
奢shēextravagant
  • 大big · dàMeaning part
  • 者that which · zhěSound part

大 hints at the meaning (big); 者 (zhě) hints at the sound. Compare it with shē.

The character 侈 (chǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
侈chǐextravagant
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 多much · duō

How to write 奢侈

奢 11 strokes · 侈 8 strokes

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

Words related to 奢侈

More words: Adjectives

融洽róngqià · harmonious柔和róuhé · soft上进shàngjìn · eager to improve擅自shànzì · without permission深奥shēn'ào · profound深沉shēnchén · deep生疏shēngshū · unfamiliar神气shénqì · spirited

FAQs

奢侈 (shēchǐ) means “luxurious” or “extravagant”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shēchǐ: shē with a 1st tone, then chǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 奢侈 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shechi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 奢侈 from the suggestions. Typing shechi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
奢侈 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.