HSK 6 · Adjectives

幼稚 yòuzhì “childish” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 幼稚 means

  1. childish
  2. naive
  3. immature
  4. young
  5. puerile

How to say 幼稚

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale幼yòu4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale稚zhì4th tone, falling

幼稚 in a sentence

  1. 不要那么幼稚。

    Búyào nàme yòuzhì.

    Don’t be so childish.

    Sentence #829735 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他的思维方式很幼稚。

    Tā de sīwéi fāngshì hěn yòuzhì.

    His way of thinking is very childish.

    Sentence #6333801 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 打消这种幼稚的念头吧。

    Dǎxiāo zhè zhǒng yòuzhì de niàntou ba.

    Give up such naive ideas.

    Sentence #373462 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 幼稚 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 幼 (yòu) with each of its parts in a different colour
幼yòuyoung
  • 幺tiny · yāo
  • 力strength · lì
The character 稚 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
稚zhìinfantile
  • 禾grain · héMeaning part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīSound part

禾 hints at the meaning (grain); 隹 (zhuī) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhì.

How to write 幼稚

幼 5 strokes · 稚 13 strokes

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

Words related to 幼稚

Words with 幼

幼儿园yòu'éryuán · kindergarten

More words: Adjectives

踊跃yǒngyuè · eager有条不紊yǒutiáobùwěn · orderly优异yōuyì · outstanding优越yōuyuè · superior圆满yuánmǎn · satisfactory原始yuánshǐ · original愚蠢yúchǔn · stupid愚昧yúmèi · ignorant

FAQs

幼稚 (yòuzhì) means “childish” or “naive”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yòuzhì: yòu with a 4th tone, then zhì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 幼稚 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type youzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 幼稚 from the suggestions. Typing youzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
幼稚 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.