HSK 6 · Verbs

率领 shuàilǐng “to lead” in Chinese

Traditional 率領

What 率领 means

  1. to lead
  2. to command
  3. to head

How to say 率领

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale率shuài4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale领lǐng3rd tone, dipping

率领 in a sentence

  1. 队长率领全队参加了比赛。

    Duìzhǎng shuàilǐng quán duì cānjiā le bǐsài.

    The captain led the whole team in the competition.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 导游率领游客参观了故宫。

    Dǎoyóu shuàilǐng yóukè cānguān le Gùgōng.

    The tour guide led the visitors around the Forbidden City.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 率领 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 率 (shuài) drawn as one shape
率shuàito lead

率 is a single shape of 11 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 领 (lǐng) with each of its parts in a different colour
领lǐngneck
  • 令command · língSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 令 (líng) hints at the sound. Compare it with lǐng.

How to write 率领

率 11 strokes · 领 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 率领

Words with 率

坦率tǎnshuài · frank汇率huìlǜ · exchange rate效率xiàolǜ · efficiency草率cǎoshuài · careless频率pínlǜ · frequency

Words with 领

领导lǐngdǎo · leader本领běnlǐng · skill领域lǐngyù · domain系领带jì lǐngdài · to tie a tie领土lǐngtǔ · territory领会lǐnghuì · to understand领悟lǐngwù · to comprehend带领dàilǐng · to lead领先lǐngxiān · to lead纲领gānglǐng · guiding principles

More words: Common Verbs

守护shǒuhù · to guard收缩shōusuō · to shrink授予shòuyǔ · to award耍shuǎ · to play with束缚shùfù · to restrict树立shùlì · to establish耸sǒng · to shrug损坏sǔnhuài · to damage

FAQs

率领 (shuàilǐng) means “to lead” or “to command”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shuàilǐng: shuài with a 4th tone, then lǐng with a 3rd 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, 率领 is written 率領. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shuailing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 率领 from the suggestions. Typing shuailing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
率领 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.