HSK 4 · Adjectives

严格 yángé “strict” in Chinese

Traditional 嚴格

What 严格 means

  1. strict
  2. stringent
  3. tight
  4. rigorous

How to say 严格

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale严yán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale格gé2nd tone, rising

严格 in a sentence

  1. 他对自己的孩子很严格。

    Tā duì zìjǐ de háizi hěn yángé.

    He is strict with his children.

    Sentence #343706 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 不要太严格，他们只是小孩。

    Búyào tài yángé, tāmen zhǐshì xiǎohái.

    Don’t be too strict. They’re just kids.

    Sentence #383292 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 严格地讲，番茄是水果。

    Yángé de jiǎng, fānqié shì shuǐguǒ.

    Strictly speaking, the tomato is a fruit.

    Sentence #358981 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 严格 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 严 (yán) with each of its parts in a different colour
严yántight
  • 亚Asia · yà
  • 厂cliff · hǎn
The character 格 (gé) with each of its parts in a different colour
格gésquare; lattice; grid; frame
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 各individual · gèSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 各 (gè) hints at the sound. Compare it with gé.

How to write 严格

严 7 strokes · 格 10 strokes

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

Words related to 严格

Words with 严

严重yánzhòng · grave严肃yánsù · solemn严峻yánjùn · severe严厉yánlì · strict严密yánmì · tight庄严zhuāngyán · solemn严禁yánjìn · to strictly prohibit严寒yánhán · bitter cold尊严zūnyán · dignity

Words with 格

合格hégé · to meet the standard required价格jiàgé · price表格biǎogé · form性格xìnggé · nature及格jígé · to pass an exam or a test资格zīgé · qualifications风格fēnggé · style格外géwài · especially格局géjú · structure格式géshì · format

More words: Adjectives

危险wēixiǎn · danger香xiāng · fragrant相同xiāngtóng · the same详细xiángxì · detailed严重yánzhòng · grave勇敢yǒnggǎn · brave优点yōudiǎn · strong point优秀yōuxiù · outstanding

FAQs

严格 (yángé) means “strict” or “stringent”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it yángé: yán with a 2nd tone, then gé 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, 严格 is written 嚴格. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yange with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 严格 from the suggestions. Typing yange into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
严格 is an HSK 4 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.