HSK 5 · Clothing

项链 xiàngliàn “necklace” in Chinese

Traditional 項鏈

What 项链 means

  1. necklace

Measure word 条 tiáo · 一条项链 yì tiáo xiàngliàn

How to say 项链

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale项xiàng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale链liàn4th tone, falling

项链 in a sentence

  1. 这条项链是我奶奶送给我的。

    Zhè tiáo xiàngliàn shì wǒ nǎinai sònggěi wǒ de.

    My grandma gave me this necklace.

    Sentence #2737442 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我至今还珍惜你十年前给我的项链。

    Wǒ zhìjīn hái zhēnxī nǐ shí nián qián gěi wǒ de xiàngliàn.

    I still cherish the necklace you gave me ten years ago.

    Sentence #9401695 from Tatoeba

  3. 小姐已经有一个戒指，要不要配一条铂金项链？

    Xiǎojiě yǐjīng yǒu yí ge jièzhi, yào bu yào pèi yì tiáo bójīn xiàngliàn?

    Miss, you already have a ring. Would you like a platinum necklace to go with it?

    Sentence #420198 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 项链 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 项 (xiàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
项xiàngback of neck
  • 工work · gōngSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 工 (gōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiàng.

The character 链 (liàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
链liànchain
  • 钅gold form of 金 · jīn
  • 连to join · lián

How to write 项链

项 9 strokes · 链 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 项链

Words with 项

项xiàng · item项目xiàngmù · item事项shìxiàng · matter

More words: Clothing & Appearance

牛仔裤niúzǎikù · jeans时尚shíshàng · fashion手套shǒutào · glove围巾wéijīn · scarf辫子biànzi · plait裁缝cáifeng · tailor兜dōu · pocket风度fēngdù · manner

FAQs

项链 (xiàngliàn) means “necklace”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xiàngliàn: xiàng with a 4th tone, then liàn 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, 项链 is written 項鏈. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 条 (tiáo). For example, one necklace is 一条项链 (yì tiáo xiàngliàn).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xianglian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 项链 from the suggestions. Typing xianglian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
项链 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.