HSK 6 · Society

示威 shìwēi “to hold a demonstration” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 示威 means

  1. to hold a demonstration
  2. to show one’s strength
  3. to demonstrate (as a protest)
  4. a demonstration
  5. a military show of force

How to say 示威

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale示shì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale威wēi1st tone, high and level

示威 in a sentence

  1. 工会参加了示威游行吗？

    Gōnghuì cānjiā le shìwēi yóuxíng ma?

    Did the union take part in the demonstration?

    Sentence #938274 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 几十个年轻人参加了示威游行。

    Jǐshí ge niánqīngrén cānjiā le shìwēi yóuxíng.

    Dozens of young people attended the demonstration.

    Sentence #335242 from Tatoeba

How 示威 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 示 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
示shìto show
  • 二two · èr
  • 小small · xiǎo
The character 威 (wēi) with each of its parts in a different colour
威wēipower
  • 戌part of the character
  • 女woman · nǚ

How to write 示威

示 5 strokes · 威 9 strokes

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

Words related to 示威

Words with 示

表示biǎoshì · to express出示chūshì · to show显示xiǎnshì · to show暗示ànshì · to hint示意shìyì · to signal提示tíshì · to prompt指示zhǐshì · to instruct展示zhǎnshì · to display示范shìfàn · to demonstrate请示qǐngshì · to ask for instructions

Words with 威

威胁wēixié · to threaten威风wēifēng · impressive权威quánwēi · authority威力wēilì · power威望wēiwàng · prestige威信wēixìn · prestige

More words: Society & Law

社区shèqū · community释放shìfàng · to release事故shìgù · accident势力shìli · power失踪shīzōng · to go missing司法sīfǎ · judicial司令sīlìng · commander诉讼sùsòng · lawsuit

FAQs

示威 (shìwēi) means “to hold a demonstration” or “to show one’s strength”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shìwēi: shì with a 4th tone, then wēi with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 示威 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shiwei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 示威 from the suggestions. Typing shiwei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
示威 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.