HSK 6 · Adjectives

妥善 tuǒshàn “appropriate” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 妥善 means

  1. appropriate
  2. well arranged
  3. proper

How to say 妥善

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale妥tuǒ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale善shàn4th tone, falling

妥善 in a sentence

  1. 我妥善保管原版拷贝。

    Wǒ tuǒshàn bǎoguǎn yuánbǎn kǎobèi.

    I keep the original copy somewhere safe.

    Sentence #934179 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 妥善 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 妥 (tuǒ) with each of its parts in a different colour
妥tuǒsuitable
  • 爫claw form of 爪 · zhǎo
  • 女woman · nǚ
The character 善 (shàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
善shàngood
  • 羊sheep · yáng
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 一one · yī
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 妥善

妥 7 strokes · 善 12 strokes

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

Words related to 妥善

Words with 妥

妥协tuǒxié · to compromise妥当tuǒdang · appropriate

Words with 善

善于shànyú · to be good at改善gǎishàn · to make better善良shànliáng · good and honest完善wánshàn · complete慈善císhàn · charity

More words: Adjectives

挺拔tǐngbá · tall and straight通俗tōngsú · popular通用tōngyòng · in common use妥当tuǒdang · appropriate外向wàixiàng · outgoing完备wánbèi · complete顽固wángù · stubborn顽强wánqiáng · tenacious

FAQs

妥善 (tuǒshàn) means “appropriate” or “well arranged”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tuǒshàn: tuǒ with a 3rd tone, then shàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 妥善 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tuoshan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 妥善 from the suggestions. Typing tuoshan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
妥善 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.