HSK 6 · Society

治理 zhìlǐ “to govern” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 治理 means

  1. to govern
  2. to manage
  3. to bring under control
  4. to administer
  5. to control
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • governance

How to say 治理

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale治zhì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale理lǐ3rd tone, dipping

治理 in a sentence

  1. 这条河经过治理,变得很干净。

    Zhè tiáo hé jīngguò zhìlǐ, biàn de hěn gānjìng.

    After a clean-up, this river has become very clean.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 城市的交通问题需要好好治理。

    Chéngshì de jiāotōng wèntí xūyào hǎohǎo zhìlǐ.

    The city’s traffic problems need to be properly dealt with.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 治理 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 治 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
治zhìto rule
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 台platform · tāi
The character 理 (lǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
理lǐtexture
  • 王king · wángMeaning part
  • 里village · lǐSound part

王 hints at the meaning (king); 里 (lǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with lǐ.

Memory aid王 here is jade 玉: cutting jade along its grain. 里 (lǐ) gives the sound: to put in order, reason.

How to write 治理

治 8 strokes · 理 11 strokes

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

Words related to 治理

Words with 治

Words with 理

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FAQs

治理 (zhìlǐ) means “to govern” or “to manage”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhìlǐ: zhì with a 4th tone, then lǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 治理 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhili with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 治理 from the suggestions. Typing zhili into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
治理 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.