HSK 6 · Education

摘要 zhāiyào “summary” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 摘要 means

  1. summary
  2. abstract

How to say 摘要

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale摘zhāi1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale要yào4th tone, falling

摘要 in a sentence

  1. 他快速浏览摘要，寻找要找的论文。

    Tā kuàisù liúlǎn zhāiyào, xúnzhǎo yào zhǎo de lùnwén.

    He quickly skimmed the abstracts to find the paper he was looking for.

    Sentence #13504848 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 摘要 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 摘 (zhāi) with each of its parts in a different colour
摘zhāito take; to pick; to pluck; to remove
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 啇stalk
The character 要 (yào) with each of its parts in a different colour
要yàoto want; to need; to ask for
  • 覀cover form of 襾 · yà
  • 女woman · nǚ

Memory aidOnce drawn as a person with hands on the waist, its first meaning. That meaning moved to 腰 (yāo), and 要 became “to want”.

How to write 摘要

摘 14 strokes · 要 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 摘要

Words with 摘

摘zhāi · to pick (fruit

Words with 要

不要bùyào · don’t!要yào · want快要kuàiyào · about to需要xūyào · to need要求yāoqiú · to request重要zhòngyào · important主要zhǔyào · main就要jiùyào · about to要是yàoshi · if只要zhǐyào · if only

More words: Education & Learning

学说xuéshuō · theory学位xuéwèi · academic degree熏陶xūntáo · to nurture循序渐进xúnxùjiànjìn · to progress step by step证书zhèngshū · certificate智力zhìlì · intelligence智商zhìshāng · IQ专题zhuāntí · special topic

FAQs

摘要 (zhāiyào) means “summary” or “abstract”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhāiyào: zhāi with a 1st tone, then yào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 摘要 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhaiyao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 摘要 from the suggestions. Typing zhaiyao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
摘要 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.