HSK 5 · Society

志愿者 zhìyuànzhě “volunteer” in Chinese

Traditional 志願者

What 志愿者 means

  1. volunteer

How to say 志愿者

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale志zhì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale愿yuàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale者zhě3rd tone, dipping

志愿者 in a sentence

  1. 婴儿被志愿者们照顾着。

    Yīng'ér bèi zhìyuànzhěmen zhàogu zhe.

    The babies are being looked after by volunteers.

    Sentence #2335949 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 志愿者 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 志 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
志zhìaspiration
  • 士scholar · shì
  • 心heart · xīn
The character 愿 (yuàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
愿yuànhonest and prudent
  • 原source · yuánSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 原 (yuán) hints at the sound. Compare it with yuàn.

The character 者 (zhě) with each of its parts in a different colour
者zhěone who …
  • 耂old form of 老 · lǎo
  • 日sun · rì

How to write 志愿者

志 7 strokes · 愿 14 strokes · 者 8 strokes

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

Words related to 志愿者

Words with 志

杂志zázhì · magazine标志biāozhì · sign意志yìzhì · will志气zhìqì · aspiration同志tóngzhì · comrade

Words with 愿

愿意yuànyì · be willing自愿zìyuàn · voluntary愿望yuànwàng · desire宁愿nìngyuàn · would rather心甘情愿xīngānqíngyuàn · willingly

Words with 者

或者huòzhě · or者zhě · (suffix) person who …作者zuòzhě · author记者jìzhě · reporter患者huànzhě · patient

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FAQs

志愿者 (zhìyuànzhě) means “volunteer”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhìyuànzhě: zhì with a 4th tone, then yuàn with a 4th tone, then zhě with a 3rd 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, 志愿者 is written 志願者. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhiyuanzhe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 志愿者 from the suggestions. Typing zhiyuanzhe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
志愿者 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.