HSK 5 · Sport

夏令营 xiàlìngyíng “summer camp” in Chinese

Traditional 夏令營

What 夏令营 means

  1. summer camp

How to say 夏令营

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale夏xià4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale令lìng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale营yíng2nd tone, rising

夏令营 in a sentence

  1. 暑假我参加了一个英语夏令营。

    Shǔjià wǒ cānjiā le yí ge Yīngyǔ xiàlìngyíng.

    During the summer holidays I went to an English summer camp.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 孩子们在夏令营里交了很多新朋友。

    Háizimen zài xiàlìngyíng li jiāo le hěn duō xīn péngyou.

    The children made lots of new friends at summer camp.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 夏令营 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 夏 (xià) with each of its parts in a different colour
夏xiàsummer
  • 一one · yī
  • 自self · zì
  • 夂go · zhǐ
The character 令 (lìng) drawn as one shape
令lìngto order

令 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 营 (yíng) with each of its parts in a different colour
营yíngcamp
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎo
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 吕a musical note · lǚ

How to write 夏令营

夏 10 strokes · 令 5 strokes · 营 11 strokes

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

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

Words related to 夏令营

Words with 夏

夏xià · summer夏天xiàtiān · summer

Words with 令

命令mìnglìng · order司令sīlìng · commander指令zhǐlìng · instruction

Words with 营

营养yíngyǎng · nutrition经营jīngyíng · to run (a business)营业yíngyè · to do business

More words: Sport & Leisure

射击shèjī · to shoot胜利shènglì · victory太极拳tàijíquán · tai chi (taijiquan)武术wǔshù · martial arts象棋xiàngqí · Chinese chess业余yèyú · spare-time游览yóulǎn · to go sightseeing娱乐yúlè · to entertain

FAQs

夏令营 (xiàlìngyíng) means “summer camp”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xiàlìngyíng: xià with a 4th tone, then lìng with a 4th tone, then yíng 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, 夏令营 is written 夏令營. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xialingying with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 夏令营 from the suggestions. Typing xialingying into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
夏令营 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.