HSK 3 · Verbs

影响 yǐngxiǎng “influence” in Chinese

Said as yíngxiǎng

Traditional 影響

What 影响 means

  1. influence
  2. affect
  3. effect
  4. to affect (usually adversely)
  5. to disturb

Measure word 股 gǔ · 一股影响 yì gǔ yǐngxiǎng

How to say 影响

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale影yǐng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale响xiǎng3rd tone, dipping

Said as yíngxiǎng. 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

影响 in a sentence

  1. 这对他没有影响。

    Zhè duì tā méiyǒu yǐngxiǎng.

    It had no effect on him.

    Sentence #332838 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 车辆增多会影响到城市的环境。

    Chēliàng zēngduō huì yǐngxiǎng dào chéngshì de huánjìng.

    More cars on the road will affect the city’s environment.

    Sentence #1577372 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这种玩具会对小孩子带来不良的影响。

    Zhè zhǒng wánjù huì duì xiǎoháizi dàilái bùliáng de yǐngxiǎng.

    Toys like this can be a bad influence on young children.

    Sentence #13943540 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 影响 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 影 (yǐng) with each of its parts in a different colour
影yǐngpicture
  • 景part of the characterSound part
  • 彡bristle · shānMeaning part

Memory aidRays of light 彡 with 景 (jǐng) for the sound: a shadow, an image.

The character 响 (xiǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
响xiǎngecho
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 向towards · xiàngSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 向 (xiàng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiǎng.

How to write 影响

影 15 strokes · 响 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 影响

Words with 影

电影diànyǐng · movie电影院diànyǐngyuàn · cinema合影héyǐng · to take a joint photo摄影shèyǐng · to take a photograph影子yǐngzi · shadow

Words with 响

响xiǎng · echo响应xiǎngyìng · to respond to响亮xiǎngliàng · loud and clear音响yīnxiǎng · audio system

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需要xūyào · to need选择xuǎnzé · select要求yāoqiú · to request应该yīnggāi · should愿意yuànyì · be willing着急zháojí · to worry注意zhùyì · pay attention to保证bǎozhèng · guarantee

FAQs

影响 (yǐngxiǎng) means “influence” or “affect”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it yǐngxiǎng: yǐng with a 3rd tone, then xiǎng with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like yíngxiǎng. 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, 影响 is written 影響. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 股 (gǔ). For example, one influence is 一股影响 (yì gǔ yǐngxiǎng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yingxiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 影响 from the suggestions. Typing yingxiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
影响 is an HSK 3 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.