HSK 5 · Verbs

维修 wéixiū “to repair” in Chinese

Traditional 維修

What 维修 means

  1. to repair
  2. to maintain
  3. maintenance (of equipment)
  4. to protect and maintain

How to say 维修

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale维wéi2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale修xiū1st tone, high and level

维修 in a sentence

  1. 我的磁带录音机需要维修。

    Wǒ de cídài lùyīnjī xūyào wéixiū.

    My cassette recorder needs repairing.

    Sentence #14023294 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这间房子要维修了。

    Zhè jiān fángzi yào wéixiū le.

    This house needs repairs.

    Sentence #387108 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 真的凑巧，这两样现在还在维修。

    Zhēn de còuqiǎo, zhè liǎng yàng xiànzài hái zài wéixiū.

    What a coincidence – both of these are still being repaired.

    Sentence #1636226 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 维修 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 维 (wéi) with each of its parts in a different colour
维wéito preserve
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 隹 (zhuī) hints at the sound. Compare it with wéi.

The character 修 (xiū) with each of its parts in a different colour
修xiūto decorate
  • 攸distant · yōuSound part
  • 彡bristle · shānMeaning part

彡 hints at the meaning (bristle); 攸 (yōu) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiū.

How to write 维修

维 11 strokes · 修 9 strokes

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

Words related to 维修

Words with 维

维持wéichí · to maintain维护wéihù · to safeguard纤维xiānwéi · fibre思维sīwéi · thinking维生素wéishēngsù · vitamin

Words with 修

修理xiūlǐ · to repair修改xiūgǎi · to amend装修zhuāngxiū · to renovate修复xiūfù · to repair修建xiūjiàn · to build修养xiūyǎng · self-cultivation

More words: Common Verbs

往返wǎngfǎn · to go back and forth危害wēihài · to harm威胁wēixié · to threaten围绕wéirào · to revolve around闻wén · to smell握手wòshǒu · to shake hands限制xiànzhì · to restrict吸收xīshōu · to absorb

FAQs

维修 (wéixiū) means “to repair” or “to maintain”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it wéixiū: wéi with a 2nd tone, then xiū with a 1st 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, 维修 is written 維修. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type weixiu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 维修 from the suggestions. Typing weixiu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
维修 is an HSK 5 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.