HSK 5 · Society

秩序 zhìxù “order (orderly state)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 秩序 means

  1. order (orderly state)
  2. sequence
  3. order
  4. orderliness (in society, in the classroom, on the roads etc)

How to say 秩序

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale秩zhì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale序xù4th tone, falling

秩序 in a sentence

  1. 请大家排好队，保持秩序。

    Qǐng dàjiā pái hǎo duì, bǎochí zhìxù.

    Please line up and keep things orderly.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 地铁站里秩序很好。

    Dìtiězhàn li zhìxù hěn hǎo.

    Things are very orderly in the metro station.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 秩序 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 秩 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
秩zhìsalary according to rank
  • 禾grain · héMeaning part
  • 失to lose · shīSound part

禾 hints at the meaning (grain); 失 (shī) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhì.

The character 序 (xù) with each of its parts in a different colour
序xùorder; sequence
  • 广shelter · guǎngMeaning part
  • 予to give · yúSound part

广 hints at the meaning (shelter); 予 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with xù.

How to write 秩序

秩 10 strokes · 序 7 strokes

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

Words related to 秩序

Words with 序

顺序shùnxù · sequence程序chéngxù · procedures次序cìxù · order序言xùyán · preface循序渐进xúnxùjiànjìn · to progress step by step

More words: Society & Law

政治zhèngzhì · politics志愿者zhìyuànzhě · volunteer执照zhízhào · licence制度zhìdù · system (of rules)主席zhǔxí · chairperson总理zǒnglǐ · premier总统zǒngtǒng · president (of a country)案件ànjiàn · legal case

FAQs

秩序 (zhìxù) means “order (orderly state)” or “sequence”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhìxù: zhì with a 4th tone, then xù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 秩序 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhixu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 秩序 from the suggestions. Typing zhixu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
秩序 is an HSK 5 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.