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途径 tújìng “way” in Chinese

Traditional 途徑

What 途径 means

  1. way
  2. channel
  3. means

How to say 途径

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale途tú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale径jìng4th tone, falling

途径 in a sentence

  1. 去那个村庄的唯一途径是过河。

    Qù nà ge cūnzhuāng de wéiyī tújìng shì guò hé.

    The only way to get to that village is to cross the river.

    Sentence #333396 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他寻找一切可能的逃生途径。

    Tā xúnzhǎo yíqiè kěnéng de táoshēng tújìng.

    He looked for every possible means of escape.

    Sentence #332513 from Tatoeba

  3. 必须有外交解决的途径。

    Bìxū yǒu wàijiāo jiějué de tújìng.

    There must be a diplomatic solution.

    Sentence #5865529 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 途径 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 途 (tú) with each of its parts in a different colour
途túway
  • 余surplus · yúSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 余 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with tú.

The character 径 (jìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
径jìngfootpath; path; track; a way; a means
  • 彳step · chìMeaning part
  • 又again · yòu
  • 工work · gōngSound part

彳 hints at the meaning (step); 工 (gōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jìng.

How to write 途径

途 10 strokes · 径 8 strokes

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

Words related to 途径

Words with 途

长途chángtú · long distance前途qiántú · prospects用途yòngtú · use半途而废bàntú'érfèi · to give up halfway

Words with 径

田径tiánjìng · athletics直径zhíjìng · diameter

More words: Ideas & Concepts

体系tǐxì · system统筹兼顾tǒngchóujiāngù · to plan as a whole and consider all aspects推理tuīlǐ · reasoning推论tuīlùn · inference突破tūpò · to break through外界wàijiè · the outside world危机wēijī · crisis威力wēilì · power

FAQs

途径 (tújìng) means “way” or “channel”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tújìng: tú with a 2nd tone, then jìng 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, 途径 is written 途徑. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tujing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 途径 from the suggestions. Typing tujing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
途径 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.