HSK 4 · Function Words

完全 wánquán “complete” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 完全 means

  1. complete
  2. whole
  3. totally
  4. entirely

How to say 完全

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale完wán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale全quán2nd tone, rising

完全 in a sentence

  1. 你完全是对的!

    Nǐ wánquán shì duì de!

    You’re completely right!

    Sentence #441413 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我完全不明白。

    Wǒ wánquán bù míngbai.

    I don’t understand at all.

    Sentence #875339 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我不完全肯定。

    Wǒ bù wánquán kěndìng.

    I’m not absolutely sure.

    Sentence #794143 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 完全 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.

The character 全 (quán) with each of its parts in a different colour
全quánall
  • 入enter · rù
  • 玉jade · yù

How to write 完全

完 7 strokes · 全 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 完全

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FAQs

完全 (wánquán) means “complete” or “whole”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it wánquán: wán with a 2nd tone, then quán with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 完全 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wanquan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 完全 from the suggestions. Typing wanquan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
完全 is an HSK 4 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.