HSK 6 · Society

统治 tǒngzhì “to rule” in Chinese

Traditional 統治

What 统治 means

  1. to rule
  2. to govern
  3. to rule (a country)
  4. regime

How to say 统治

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale统tǒng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale治zhì4th tone, falling

统治 in a sentence

  1. 统治一个国家并不简单。

    Tǒngzhì yí ge guójiā bìng bù jiǎndān.

    Governing a country is no easy job.

    Sentence #8631019 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 国王统治了这个国家。

    Guówáng tǒngzhì le zhè ge guójiā.

    The king ruled the country.

    Sentence #793934 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 这位领导人统治了他的国家五十年。

    Zhè wèi lǐngdǎorén tǒngzhì le tā de guójiā wǔshí nián.

    This leader ruled his country for fifty years.

    Sentence #6023217 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 统治 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 统 (tǒng) with each of its parts in a different colour
统tǒngto gather
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 充to fill · chōngSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 充 (chōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with tǒng.

The character 治 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
治zhìto rule
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 台platform · tāi

How to write 统治

统 9 strokes · 治 8 strokes

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

Words related to 统治

Words with 统

统一tǒngyī · to unify系统xìtǒng · system传统chuántǒng · tradition总统zǒngtǒng · president (of a country)统计tǒngjì · statistics统统tǒngtǒng · all统筹兼顾tǒngchóujiāngù · to plan as a whole and consider all aspects

Words with 治

治疗zhìliáo · to treat (an illness)政治zhèngzhì · politics防治fángzhì · to prevent and treat (disease)治安zhì'ān · public order治理zhìlǐ · to govern

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条款tiáokuǎn · clause条约tiáoyuē · treaty通缉tōngjī · to put on the wanted list同志tóngzhì · comrade投票tóupiào · to vote投诉tóusù · to complain投降tóuxiáng · to surrender团结tuánjié · to unite

FAQs

统治 (tǒngzhì) means “to rule” or “to govern”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tǒngzhì: tǒng with a 3rd tone, then zhì 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, 统治 is written 統治. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tongzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 统治 from the suggestions. Typing tongzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
统治 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.