HSK 6 · Science

直径 zhíjìng “diameter” in Chinese

Traditional 直徑

What 直径 means

  1. diameter

How to say 直径

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale直zhí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale径jìng4th tone, falling

直径 in a sentence

  1. 用圆周能不能求得直径？

    Yòng yuánzhōu néng bu néng qiúdé zhíjìng?

    Can you work out the diameter from the circumference?

    Sentence #1589466 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 直径 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 直 (zhí) with each of its parts in a different colour
直zhístraight
  • 十ten · shí
  • 目eye · mù
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidPicture an eye 目 looking straight down a line: straight.

The character 径 (jìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
径jìngfootpath; path; track; a way; a means
  • 彳step · chìMeaning part
  • 又again · yòu
  • 工work · gōngSound part

彳 hints at the meaning (step); 工 (gōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jìng.

How to write 直径

直 8 strokes · 径 8 strokes

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

Words related to 直径

Words with 直

一直yìzhí · always直到zhídào · until直接zhíjiē · direct (opposite: indirect 间接)直zhí · straight简直jiǎnzhí · simply垂直chuízhí · vertical直播zhíbō · live broadcast理直气壮lǐzhíqìzhuàng · bold and confident (being in the right)

Words with 径

田径tiánjìng · athletics途径tújìng · way

More words: Science & Technology

程序chéngxù · procedures充电器chōngdiànqì · battery charger元素yuánsù · element运算yùnsuàn · mathematical operation运行yùnxíng · to run正负zhèngfù · positive and negative指令zhǐlìng · instruction智能zhìnéng · smart

FAQs

直径 (zhíjìng) means “diameter”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhíjìng: zhí with a 2nd tone, then jìng 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, 直径 is written 直徑. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhijing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 直径 from the suggestions. Typing zhijing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
直径 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.