HSK 2 · Common Verbs

完 wán “to finish” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 完 means

  1. to finish
  2. to be over
  3. whole
  4. complete
  5. entire

How to say 完

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale完wán2nd tone, rising

完 in a sentence

  1. 你的作业，做完了没有？

    Nǐ de zuòyè, zuò wán le méiyǒu?

    Have you done your homework?

    Sentence #3516204 from Tatoeba

  2. 我已经看完这本书了。

    Wǒ yǐjīng kàn wán zhè běn shū le.

    I’ve already finished reading this book.

    Sentence #1516091 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 节目已经完了。

    Jiémù yǐjīng wán le.

    The show is already over.

    Sentence #3534641 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 完 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 完 (wán) with each of its parts in a different colour
完wánto finish
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 元first · yuánSound part

宀 hints at the meaning (roof); 元 (yuán) hints at the sound. Compare it with wán.

Memory aidPicture a house 宀 finished from the first 元 brick to the last: whole, finished.

How to write 完

完 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 完

Words with 完

完成wánchéng · to complete完全wánquán · complete完美wánměi · perfect完善wánshàn · complete完整wánzhěng · complete完毕wánbì · to finish完备wánbèi · complete

More words: Common Verbs

跳舞tiàowǔ · to dance唱歌chànggē · to sing旅游lǚyóu · to travel游泳yóuyǒng · to swim准备zhǔnbèi · to prepare知道zhīdao · to know (a fact)觉得juéde · to feel希望xīwàng · to hope

FAQs

完 (wán) means “to finish” or “to be over”. It is an HSK 2 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it wán: wán with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 完 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 完 from the suggestions. Typing wan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
完 is an HSK 2 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.