HSK 6 · Ideas

系列 xìliè “series” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 系列 means

  1. series
  2. set

How to say 系列

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale系xì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale列liè4th tone, falling

系列 in a sentence

  1. 他刚发表一系列有趣的文章。

    Tā gāng fābiǎo yíxìliè yǒuqù de wénzhāng.

    He has just published a series of interesting articles.

    Sentence #503295 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他们办了一系列的音乐会。

    Tāmen bàn le yíxìliè de yīnyuèhuì.

    They held a series of concerts.

    Sentence #818948 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 系列 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 系 (xì) with each of its parts in a different colour
系xìto connect
  • 丿slash · piě
  • 糸silk · mìMeaning part

Memory aidPicture silk threads 糸 hanging from a hand 丿: to tie, a link, a system.

The character 列 (liè) with each of its parts in a different colour
列lièto arrange
  • 歹death · dǎi
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoMeaning part

How to write 系列

系 7 strokes · 列 6 strokes

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

Words related to 系列

Words with 系

没关系méi guānxi · it’s okay关系guānxi · relation联系liánxì · to contact系xì · (university) department系统xìtǒng · system系领带jì lǐngdài · to tie a tie体系tǐxì · system

Words with 列

排列páiliè · to arrange in order列车lièchē · train列举lièjǔ · to list并列bìngliè · to stand side by side陈列chénliè · to display行列hángliè · ranks

More words: Ideas & Concepts

相辅相成xiāngfǔxiāngchéng · to complement each other陷阱xiànjǐng · trap线索xiànsuǒ · clue现状xiànzhuàng · current situation形态xíngtài · form信念xìnniàn · belief心血xīnxuè · painstaking effort信仰xìnyǎng · belief

FAQs

系列 (xìliè) means “series” or “set”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xìliè: xì with a 4th tone, then liè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 系列 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xilie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 系列 from the suggestions. Typing xilie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
系列 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.