HSK 6 · Society

追悼 zhuīdào “to mourn” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 追悼 means

  1. to mourn
  2. memorial (service)
  3. to pay last respects

How to say 追悼

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale追zhuī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale悼dào4th tone, falling

追悼 in a sentence

  1. 庄的派对像是个追悼会。

    Zhuāng de pàiduì xiàng shì ge zhuīdàohuì.

    Zhuang’s party was like a memorial service.

    Sentence #869877 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 追悼 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 追 (zhuī) with each of its parts in a different colour
追zhuīto chase
  • 丿slash · piě
  • 㠯according toSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 㠯 () hints at the sound. Compare it with zhuī.

The character 悼 (dào) with each of its parts in a different colour
悼dàoto mourn
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 卓profound · zhuóSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 卓 (zhuó) hints at the sound. Compare it with dào.

How to write 追悼

追 9 strokes · 悼 11 strokes

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

Words related to 追悼

Words with 追

追zhuī · to chase追求zhuīqiú · to pursue (a goal)追究zhuījiū · to investigate

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FAQs

追悼 (zhuīdào) means “to mourn” or “memorial (service)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhuīdào: zhuī with a 1st tone, then dào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 追悼 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuidao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 追悼 from the suggestions. Typing zhuidao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
追悼 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.