HSK 6 · Money

赞助 zànzhù “to sponsor” in Chinese

Traditional 贊助

What 赞助 means

  1. to sponsor
  2. to support
  3. sponsorship
  4. to provide financial or material support

How to say 赞助

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale赞zàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale助zhù4th tone, falling

赞助 in a sentence

  1. 我觉得这个赞助不太合适。

    Wǒ juéde zhè ge zànzhù bú tài héshì.

    I don’t think this sponsorship is very appropriate.

    Sentence #6579330 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 赞助 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 赞 (zàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
赞zànto praise; to laud
  • 兟to advance · shēnSound part
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part

贝 hints at the meaning (sea shell); 兟 (shēn) hints at the sound. Compare it with zàn.

The character 助 (zhù) with each of its parts in a different colour
助zhùto help
  • 且moreover · qiěSound part
  • 力strength · lìMeaning part

力 hints at the meaning (strength); 且 (qiě) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhù.

How to write 赞助

赞 16 strokes · 助 7 strokes

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

Words related to 赞助

Words with 赞

称赞chēngzàn · to praise赞成zànchéng · to approve赞美zànměi · to admire赞叹zàntàn · to marvel at

Words with 助

帮助bāngzhù · to help辅助fǔzhù · to assist借助jièzhù · to rely on协助xiézhù · to assist助理zhùlǐ · assistant助手zhùshǒu · assistant资助zīzhù · to fund拔苗助长bámiáozhùzhǎng · to spoil things through haste (lit. pull shoots to help growth)

More words: Money & Economy

盈利yínglì · profit用户yònghù · user预算yùsuàn · budget攒zǎn · to save up债券zhàiquàn · bond (finance)招标zhāobiāo · to invite tenders征收zhēngshōu · to levy振兴zhènxīng · to revitalise

FAQs

赞助 (zànzhù) means “to sponsor” or “to support”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zànzhù: zàn with a 4th tone, then zhù 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, 赞助 is written 贊助. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zanzhu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 赞助 from the suggestions. Typing zanzhu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
赞助 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.