HSK 5 · Science

注册 zhùcè “to register” in Chinese

Traditional 註冊

What 注册 means

  1. to register
  2. to enrol
  3. to enroll

How to say 注册

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale注zhù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale册cè4th tone, falling

注册 in a sentence

  1. 不注册也行吗？

    Bú zhùcè yě xíng ma?

    Is it OK if I don’t register?

    Sentence #346066 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我注册了，现在该干什么呢？

    Wǒ zhùcè le, xiànzài gāi gànshénme ne?

    I’ve registered – what should I do now?

    Sentence #794259 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你需要在星期一前注册。

    Nǐ xūyào zài xīngqīyī qián zhùcè.

    You need to register by Monday.

    Sentence #5422705 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 注册 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 注 (zhù) with each of its parts in a different colour
注zhùto pour into; to flow into; to inject
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 主to own · zhǔSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 主 (zhǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhù.

The character 册 (cè) with each of its parts in a different colour
册cèbook
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 一one · yī

How to write 注册

注 8 strokes · 册 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 注册

Words with 注

注意zhùyì · pay attention to关注guānzhù · to pay close attention to注射zhùshè · to inject注重zhùzhòng · to emphasise注视zhùshì · to gaze at注释zhùshì · annotation

Words with 册

册cè · book

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FAQs

注册 (zhùcè) means “to register” or “to enrol”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhùcè: zhù with a 4th tone, then cè 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, 注册 is written 註冊. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuce with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 注册 from the suggestions. Typing zhuce into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
注册 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.