HSK 6 · Society

审查 shěnchá “to examine” in Chinese

Traditional 審查

What 审查 means

  1. to examine
  2. to review
  3. to investigate
  4. to censor out

How to say 审查

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale审shěn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale查chá2nd tone, rising

审查 in a sentence

  1. 他打算从头开始重新审查这个案件。

    Tā dǎsuàn cóngtóu kāishǐ chóngxīn shěnchá zhè ge ànjiàn.

    He planned to re-examine the case from the beginning.

    Sentence #919693 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 审查 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 审 (shěn) with each of its parts in a different colour
审shěnto examine
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 申to report · shēnSound part

宀 hints at the meaning (roof); 申 (shēn) hints at the sound. Compare it with shěn.

The character 查 (chá) with each of its parts in a different colour
查cháto research
  • 木tree · mù
  • 旦dawn · dàn

How to write 审查

审 8 strokes · 查 9 strokes

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

Words related to 审查

Words with 审

审理shěnlǐ · to hear (a case)审判shěnpàn · to try (in court)审美shěnměi · aesthetic

Words with 查

查chá · to check检查jiǎnchá · to check调查diàochá · investigation查获cháhuò · to seize (in an investigation)

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人道réndào · humane人质rénzhì · hostage骚扰sāorǎo · to harass申报shēnbào · to declare生效shēngxiào · to take effect盛行shèngxíng · to be popular审理shěnlǐ · to hear (a case)审判shěnpàn · to try (in court)

FAQs

审查 (shěnchá) means “to examine” or “to review”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shěnchá: shěn with a 3rd tone, then chá with a 2nd 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, 审查 is written 審查. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shencha with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 审查 from the suggestions. Typing shencha into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
审查 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.