HSK 6 · Society

仪式 yíshì “ceremony” in Chinese

Traditional 儀式

What 仪式 means

  1. ceremony

How to say 仪式

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale仪yí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale式shì4th tone, falling

仪式 in a sentence

  1. 仪式以他的讲话开始。

    Yíshì yǐ tā de jiǎnghuà kāishǐ.

    The ceremony began with his speech.

    Sentence #1394872 from Tatoeba

  2. 那是一个十分传统的仪式。

    Nà shì yí ge shífēn chuántǒng de yíshì.

    It was a very traditional ceremony.

    Sentence #1269913 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 我上个月组织了一个结婚仪式。

    Wǒ shàng ge yuè zǔzhī le yí ge jiéhūn yíshì.

    I organised a wedding ceremony last month.

    Sentence #512436 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 仪式 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 仪 (yí) with each of its parts in a different colour
仪yíapparatus
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 义right conduct · yìSound part
The character 式 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
式shìtype
  • 弋shoot · yì
  • 工work · gōng

How to write 仪式

仪 5 strokes · 式 6 strokes

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

Words related to 仪式

Words with 仪

仪器yíqì · instrument

Words with 式

正式zhèngshì · formal方式fāngshì · way形式xíngshì · form样式yàngshì · type开幕式kāimùshì · opening ceremony款式kuǎnshì · style公式gōngshì · formula格式géshì · format模式móshì · pattern

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FAQs

仪式 (yíshì) means “ceremony”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yíshì: yí with a 2nd tone, then shì with a 4th 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, 仪式 is written 儀式. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yishi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 仪式 from the suggestions. Typing yishi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
仪式 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.