HSK 6 · Verbs

斟酌 zhēnzhuó “to deliberate” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 斟酌 means

  1. to deliberate
  2. to consider carefully
  3. to consider
  4. to fill up a cup to the brim

How to say 斟酌

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale斟zhēn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale酌zhuó2nd tone, rising

斟酌 in a sentence

  1. 我想花点时间斟酌斟酌再作决定。

    Wǒ xiǎng huā diǎn shíjiān zhēnzhuó zhēnzhuó zài zuò juédìng.

    I’d like to take some time to think it over before I decide.

    Sentence #4932038 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 斟酌 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 斟 (zhēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
斟zhēnto pour
  • 甚considerably · shènSound part
  • 斗dipper · dǒuMeaning part

斗 hints at the meaning (dipper); 甚 (shèn) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhēn.

The character 酌 (zhuó) with each of its parts in a different colour
酌zhuóto pour wine
  • 酉wine vessel · yǒuMeaning part
  • 勺spoon · sháoSound part

酉 hints at the meaning (wine vessel); 勺 (sháo) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhuó.

How to write 斟酌

斟 13 strokes · 酌 10 strokes

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

Words related to 斟酌

More words: Thinking & Talking

预言yùyán · to predict赞叹zàntàn · to marvel at责怪zéguài · to blame证实zhèngshí · to confirm致辞zhìcí · to give a speech (formal)指示zhǐshì · to instruct指责zhǐzé · to criticise转达zhuǎndá · to pass on

FAQs

斟酌 (zhēnzhuó) means “to deliberate” or “to consider carefully”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhēnzhuó: zhēn with a 1st tone, then zhuó with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 斟酌 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhenzhuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 斟酌 from the suggestions. Typing zhenzhuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
斟酌 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.