HSK 6 · Verbs

指责 zhǐzé “to criticise” in Chinese

Traditional 指責

What 指责 means

  1. to criticise
  2. to blame
  3. to find fault with
  4. to denounce

How to say 指责

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale指zhǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale责zé2nd tone, rising

指责 in a sentence

  1. 他们指责我没有信守诺言。

    Tāmen zhǐzé wǒ méiyǒu xìnshǒu nuòyán.

    They accused me of breaking my promise.

    Sentence #334835 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她被指责说了谎。

    Tā bèi zhǐzé shuō le huǎng.

    She was accused of lying.

    Sentence #345855 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 没有证据你们不能指责他偷东西。

    Méiyǒu zhèngjù nǐmen bùnéng zhǐzé tā tōu dōngxi.

    You can’t accuse him of stealing without proof.

    Sentence #1326493 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 指责 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 指 (zhǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
指zhǐfinger
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 旨aim · zhǐ
The character 责 (zé) with each of its parts in a different colour
责zéduty
  • 龶part of the character
  • 贝sea shell · bèi

How to write 指责

指 9 strokes · 责 8 strokes

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

Words related to 指责

Words with 指

指zhǐ · finger手指shǒuzhǐ · finger戒指jièzhi · (finger) ring指导zhǐdǎo · to guide指挥zhǐhuī · to conduct指甲zhǐjia · fingernail指示zhǐshì · to instruct指定zhǐdìng · to appoint指望zhǐwàng · to count on指令zhǐlìng · instruction

Words with 责

负责fùzé · to be in charge of责任zérèn · responsibility责备zébèi · to blame责怪zéguài · to blame谴责qiǎnzé · to condemn

More words: Thinking & Talking

证实zhèngshí · to confirm斟酌zhēnzhuó · to deliberate致辞zhìcí · to give a speech (formal)指示zhǐshì · to instruct转达zhuǎndá · to pass on嘱咐zhǔfù · to instruct着想zhuóxiǎng · to consider (the needs of)着重zhuózhòng · to emphasise

FAQs

指责 (zhǐzé) means “to criticise” or “to blame”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhǐzé: zhǐ with a 3rd tone, then zé with a 2nd 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, 指责 is written 指責. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhize with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 指责 from the suggestions. Typing zhize into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
指责 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.