HSK 6 · Verbs

嘱咐 zhǔfù “to instruct” in Chinese

Traditional 囑咐

What 嘱咐 means

  1. to instruct
  2. to tell
  3. to urge
  4. to exhort

How to say 嘱咐

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale嘱zhǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale咐fù4th tone, falling

嘱咐 in a sentence

  1. 妈妈嘱咐我路上小心。

    Māma zhǔfù wǒ lùshang xiǎoxīn.

    Mum told me to be careful on the way.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 医生嘱咐他按时吃药。

    Yīshēng zhǔfù tā ànshí chīyào.

    The doctor told him to take his medicine on time.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 嘱咐 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 嘱 (zhǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
嘱zhǔto enjoin
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 属class · shǔSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 属 (shǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhǔ.

The character 咐 (fù) with each of its parts in a different colour
咐fù
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 付give · fùSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 付 (fù) hints at the sound. Compare it with fù.

How to write 嘱咐

嘱 15 strokes · 咐 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 嘱咐

Words with 嘱

叮嘱dīngzhǔ · to urge repeatedly

Words with 咐

吩咐fēnfù · to instruct

More words: Thinking & Talking

致辞zhìcí · to give a speech (formal)指示zhǐshì · to instruct指责zhǐzé · to criticise转达zhuǎndá · to pass on着想zhuóxiǎng · to consider (the needs of)着重zhuózhòng · to emphasise注重zhùzhòng · to emphasise走漏zǒulòu · to leak (information)

FAQs

嘱咐 (zhǔfù) means “to instruct” or “to tell”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhǔfù: zhǔ with a 3rd tone, then fù 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, 嘱咐 is written 囑咐. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhufu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 嘱咐 from the suggestions. Typing zhufu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
嘱咐 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.