HSK 6 · Society

宪法 xiànfǎ “constitution” in Chinese

Traditional 憲法

What 宪法 means

  1. constitution
  2. constitution (of a country)

Measure word 部 bù · 一部宪法 yí bù xiànfǎ

How to say 宪法

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale宪xiàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale法fǎ3rd tone, dipping

宪法 in a sentence

  1. 平等是由宪法保障的。

    Píngděng shì yóu xiànfǎ bǎozhàng de.

    Equality is guaranteed by the constitution.

    Sentence #397099 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 宪法 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 宪 (xiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
宪xiànstatute
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 先first · xiānSound part

宀 hints at the meaning (roof); 先 (xiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiàn.

The character 法 (fǎ) with each of its parts in a different colour
法fǎlaw
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 去to go away · qù

Memory aidTraditionally explained as water 氵, which always lies level and so is fair, with 去 (qù) “to remove”, driving the guilty away: law, method.

How to write 宪法

宪 9 strokes · 法 8 strokes

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

Words related to 宪法

Words with 法

办法bànfǎ · method法fǎ · law看法kànfǎ · way of looking at a thing语法yǔfǎ · grammar法律fǎlǜ · law方法fāngfǎ · method无法wúfǎ · to be unable to合法héfǎ · lawful法院fǎyuàn · court of law法人fǎrén · legal entity

More words: Society & Law

违背wéibèi · to go against伪造wěizào · to forge诬陷wūxiàn · to frame武装wǔzhuāng · armed forces陷害xiànhài · to frame嫌疑xiányí · suspicion消防xiāofáng · firefighting协会xiéhuì · association

FAQs

宪法 (xiànfǎ) means “constitution” or “constitution (of a country)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiànfǎ: xiàn with a 4th tone, then fǎ with a 3rd 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, 宪法 is written 憲法. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 部 (bù). For example, one constitution is 一部宪法 (yí bù xiànfǎ).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xianfa with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 宪法 from the suggestions. Typing xianfa into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
宪法 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.