HSK 4 · Adjectives

顺利 shùnlì “smoothly” in Chinese

Traditional 順利

What 顺利 means

  1. smoothly
  2. without a hitch

How to say 顺利

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale顺shùn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale利lì4th tone, falling

顺利 in a sentence

  1. 我希望一切都顺利。

    Wǒ xīwàng yíqiè dōu shùnlì.

    I really hope everything goes smoothly.

    Sentence #13889283 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 工作进展顺利。

    Gōngzuò jìnzhǎn shùnlì.

    Work is going well.

    Sentence #14038323 from Tatoeba

  3. 祝您一切顺利。

    Zhù nín yíqiè shùnlì.

    I wish you all the best.

    Sentence #13958118 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 顺利 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 顺 (shùn) with each of its parts in a different colour
顺shùnto obey
  • 川stream · chuānSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 川 (chuān) hints at the sound. Compare it with shùn.

The character 利 (lì) with each of its parts in a different colour
利lìsharp
  • 禾grain · hé
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo

How to write 顺利

顺 9 strokes · 利 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 顺利

Words with 顺

顺便shùnbiàn · conveniently顺序shùnxù · sequence孝顺xiàoshùn · filial一帆风顺yìfānfēngshùn · plain sailing

Words with 利

流利liúlì · fluent胜利shènglì · victory利用lìyòng · to make use of有利yǒulì · advantageous利益lìyì · benefit利润lìrùn · profits利息lìxī · interest (on a loan)权利quánlì · right (an entitlement)便利biànlì · convenient锋利fēnglì · sharp (blade)

More words: Adjectives

热闹rènao · bustling with noise and excitement深shēn · deep实际shíjì · actual帅shuài · handsome特点tèdiǎn · characteristic (feature)危险wēixiǎn · danger香xiāng · fragrant相同xiāngtóng · the same

FAQs

顺利 (shùnlì) means “smoothly” or “without a hitch”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it shùnlì: shùn with a 4th tone, then lì with a 4th 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, 顺利 is written 順利. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shunli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 顺利 from the suggestions. Typing shunli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
顺利 is an HSK 4 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.