HSK 6 · Verbs

引导 yǐndǎo “to guide” in Chinese

Said as yíndǎo

Traditional 引導

What 引导 means

  1. to guide
  2. to lead
  3. to lead (around)
  4. to conduct
  5. to boot
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • introduction
  • primer

How to say 引导

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale引yǐn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale导dǎo3rd tone, dipping

Said as yíndǎo. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

引导 in a sentence

  1. 老师引导学生自己找答案。

    Lǎoshī yǐndǎo xuésheng zìjǐ zhǎo dá'àn.

    The teacher guides the students to find the answers themselves.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 工作人员引导观众进场。

    Gōngzuò rényuán yǐndǎo guānzhòng jìnchǎng.

    The staff showed the audience to their seats.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 引导 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 引 (yǐn) with each of its parts in a different colour
引yǐnto draw
  • 弓bow · gōng
  • 丨line · gǔn
The character 导 (dǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
导dǎoto transmit
  • 巳part of the character
  • 寸inch · cùn

How to write 引导

引 4 strokes · 导 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 引导

Words with 引

吸引xīyǐn · to attract引起yǐnqǐ · to give rise to引用yǐnyòng · to quote引擎yǐnqíng · engine

Words with 导

导游dǎoyóu · tour guide导致dǎozhì · to lead to指导zhǐdǎo · to guide辅导fǔdǎo · to give guidance导演dǎoyǎn · director (of a film or play)领导lǐngdǎo · leader倡导chàngdǎo · to advocate主导zhǔdǎo · dominant导弹dǎodàn · guided missile导航dǎoháng · navigation

More words: Common Verbs

压制yāzhì · to suppress依靠yīkào · to rely on依赖yīlài · to depend on遗留yíliú · to be left over应邀yìngyāo · at someone’s invitation遗失yíshī · to lose (something)依托yītuō · to rely on涌现yǒngxiàn · to emerge

FAQs

引导 (yǐndǎo) means “to guide” or “to lead”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yǐndǎo: yǐn with a 3rd tone, then dǎo with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like yíndǎo. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. 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, 引导 is written 引導. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yindao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 引导 from the suggestions. Typing yindao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
引导 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.