HSK 6 · Adjectives

显著 xiǎnzhù “notable” in Chinese

Traditional 顯著

What 显著 means

  1. notable
  2. marked
  3. remarkable
  4. outstanding
  5. statistically significant

How to say 显著

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale显xiǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale著zhù4th tone, falling

显著 in a sentence

  1. 两者之间有显著的差别。

    Liǎngzhě zhījiān yǒu xiǎnzhù de chābié.

    There’s a marked difference between the two.

    Sentence #8725728 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这几年，科学取得了显著的进步。

    Zhè jǐ nián, kēxué qǔdé le xiǎnzhù de jìnbù.

    In recent years, science has made remarkable progress.

    Sentence #8829230 from Tatoeba

  3. 这家公司去年获得显著的营业额增长。

    Zhè jiā gōngsī qùnián huòdé xiǎnzhù de yíngyè'é zēngzhǎng.

    This company achieved a marked increase in turnover last year.

    Sentence #2307195 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 显著 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 显 (xiǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
显xiǎnto make visible
  • 日sun · rìMeaning part
  • 业business · yèSound part

日 hints at the meaning (sun); 业 (yè) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiǎn.

The character 著 (zhù) with each of its parts in a different colour
著zhùto make known
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 者that which · zhěSound part

艹 hints at the meaning (grass); 者 (zhě) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhù.

How to write 显著

显 9 strokes · 著 11 strokes

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

Words related to 显著

Words with 显

显得xiǎnde · to seem显示xiǎnshì · to show明显míngxiǎn · clear显然xiǎnrán · clearly

Words with 著

著名zhùmíng · famous著作zhùzuò · written work

More words: Adjectives

相应xiāngyìng · corresponding贤惠xiánhuì · virtuous先进xiānjìn · advanced鲜明xiānmíng · distinct潇洒xiāosǎ · free and easy小心翼翼xiǎoxīnyìyì · very carefully狭窄xiázhǎi · narrow性感xìnggǎn · sexy

FAQs

显著 (xiǎnzhù) means “notable” or “marked”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiǎnzhù: xiǎn with a 3rd tone, then zhù 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, 显著 is written 顯著. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xianzhu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 显著 from the suggestions. Typing xianzhu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
显著 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.