Please return the book when you’ve finished reading it.
Sentence #9952204 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 完毕 is built
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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.
毕bìthe whole of
比compare · bǐSound part
十ten · shíMeaning part
十 hints at the meaning (ten); 比 (bǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with bì.
How to write 完毕
完 7 strokes · 毕 6 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 完毕 (wánbì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
完毕 (wánbì) means “to finish” or “to complete”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wánbì: wán with a 2nd tone, then bì 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, 完毕 is written 完畢. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wanbi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 完毕 from the suggestions. Typing wanbi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
完毕 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.
完wán2nd tone, rising
毕bì4th tone, falling
