HSK 6 · Education

熏陶 xūntáo “to nurture” in Chinese

Traditional 薰陶

What 熏陶 means

  1. to nurture
  2. to influence (positively)
  3. to seep in
  4. to influence
  5. training

How to say 熏陶

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale熏xūn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale陶táo2nd tone, rising

熏陶 in a sentence

  1. 在音乐的熏陶下，她从小就喜欢唱歌。

    Zài yīnyuè de xūntáo xià, tā cóngxiǎo jiù xǐhuan chànggē.

    Growing up surrounded by music, she has loved singing since she was little.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 父母爱读书，孩子也受到了熏陶。

    Fùmǔ ài dúshū, háizi yě shòudào le xūntáo.

    The parents love reading, and the children have been influenced by it too.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 熏陶 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 熏 (xūn) drawn as one shape
熏xūnto smoke

熏 is a single shape of 14 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 陶 (táo) with each of its parts in a different colour
陶táopottery
  • 阝place
  • 匋pottery · táo

How to write 熏陶

熏 14 strokes · 陶 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 熏陶

Words with 陶

陶醉táozuì · to be intoxicated (by)陶瓷táocí · ceramics

More words: Education & Learning

文献wénxiàn · literature心得xīndé · insights学说xuéshuō · theory学位xuéwèi · academic degree循序渐进xúnxùjiànjìn · to progress step by step摘要zhāiyào · summary证书zhèngshū · certificate智力zhìlì · intelligence

FAQs

熏陶 (xūntáo) means “to nurture” or “to influence (positively)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xūntáo: xūn with a 1st tone, then táo with a 2nd 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, 熏陶 is written 薰陶. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xuntao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 熏陶 from the suggestions. Typing xuntao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
熏陶 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.