HSK 6 · Science

椭圆 tuǒyuán “oval” in Chinese

Traditional 橢圓

What 椭圆 means

  1. oval
  2. ellipse
  3. elliptic

How to say 椭圆

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale椭tuǒ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale圆yuán2nd tone, rising

椭圆 in a sentence

  1. 她有一张椭圆形的脸。

    Tā yǒu yì zhāng tuǒyuán xíng de liǎn.

    She has an oval face.

    Sentence #10336111 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 椭圆 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 椭 (tuǒ) with each of its parts in a different colour
椭tuǒellipse
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 陏to accompany · SuíSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 陏 (Suí) hints at the sound. Compare it with tuǒ.

The character 圆 (yuán) with each of its parts in a different colour
圆yuáncircle
  • 囗enclosure · wéiMeaning part
  • 员employee · yuánSound part

囗 hints at the meaning (enclosure); 员 (yuán) hints at the sound. Compare it with yuán.

How to write 椭圆

椭 12 strokes · 圆 10 strokes

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

Words related to 椭圆

Words with 圆

圆yuán · circle团圆tuányuán · to be reunited (as a family)方圆fāngyuán · surrounding area圆满yuánmǎn · satisfactory

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FAQs

椭圆 (tuǒyuán) means “oval” or “ellipse”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tuǒyuán: tuǒ with a 3rd tone, then yuán with a 2nd 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, 椭圆 is written 橢圓. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tuoyuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 椭圆 from the suggestions. Typing tuoyuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
椭圆 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.