HSK 6 · Work

协议 xiéyì “agreement” in Chinese

Traditional 協議

What 协议 means

  1. agreement
  2. protocol
  3. pact

Measure word 项 xiàng · 一项协议 yí xiàng xiéyì

How to say 协议

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale协xié2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale议yì4th tone, falling

协议 in a sentence

  1. 我们达成了合伙协议。

    Wǒmen dáchéng le héhuǒ xiéyì.

    We’ve reached a partnership agreement.

    Sentence #805529 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 最后他们互相达成了协议。

    Zuìhòu tāmen hùxiāng dáchéng le xiéyì.

    In the end, they reached an agreement with each other.

    Sentence #785241 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 他们说她和她的丈夫不可能对任何事达成协议。

    Tāmen shuō tā hé tā de zhàngfu bù kěnéng duì rènhé shì dáchéng xiéyì.

    They say she and her husband can’t agree on anything.

    Sentence #781676 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 协议 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 协 (xié) with each of its parts in a different colour
协xiéto cooperate
  • 十ten · shíSound part
  • 办to set up · bànMeaning part

办 hints at the meaning (to set up); 十 (shí) hints at the sound. Compare it with xié.

The character 议 (yì) with each of its parts in a different colour
议yìto comment on
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 义right conduct · yìSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 义 (yì) hints at the sound. Compare it with yì.

How to write 协议

协 6 strokes · 议 5 strokes

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

Words related to 协议

Words with 协

妥协tuǒxié · to compromise协商xiéshāng · to consult协助xiézhù · to assist协调xiétiáo · to coordinate协会xiéhuì · association齐心协力qíxīnxiélì · to work together

Words with 议

会议huìyì · meeting建议jiànyì · to propose议论yìlùn · to comment倡议chàngyì · to propose提议tíyì · to propose抗议kàngyì · to protest争议zhēngyì · dispute不可思议bùkěsīyì · unimaginable

More words: Work & Career

委托wěituō · to entrust委员wěiyuán · committee member下属xiàshǔ · subordinate协调xiétiáo · to coordinate薪水xīnshui · salary验收yànshōu · to check and accept应酬yìngchou · to socialise渔民yúmín · fisherman

FAQs

协议 (xiéyì) means “agreement” or “protocol”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiéyì: xié with a 2nd tone, then yì 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, 协议 is written 協議. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 项 (xiàng). For example, one agreement is 一项协议 (yí xiàng xiéyì).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xieyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 协议 from the suggestions. Typing xieyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
协议 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.