HSK 4 · Adjectives

准确 zhǔnquè “accurate” in Chinese

Traditional 準確

What 准确 means

  1. accurate
  2. exact
  3. precise

How to say 准确

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale准zhǔn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale确què4th tone, falling

准确 in a sentence

  1. 一个时钟最重要的是准确。

    Yí ge shízhōng zuì zhòngyào de shì zhǔnquè.

    Above all, a clock has to be accurate.

    Sentence #346195 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 她能很准确地评估投资。

    Tā néng hěn zhǔnquè de pínggū tóuzī.

    She can assess investments very accurately.

    Sentence #802914 from Tatoeba

How 准确 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 准 (zhǔn) with each of its parts in a different colour
准zhǔnto allow
  • 冫ice · bīngMeaning part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīSound part

冫 hints at the meaning (ice); 隹 (zhuī) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhǔn.

The character 确 (què) with each of its parts in a different colour
确quèauthenticated
  • 石stone · shíMeaning part
  • 角horn · jiǎoSound part

石 hints at the meaning (stone); 角 (jiǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with què.

How to write 准确

准 10 strokes · 确 12 strokes

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

Words related to 准确

Words with 准

准备zhǔnbèi · to prepare标准biāozhǔn · standard准时zhǔnshí · on time批准pīzhǔn · to approve瞄准miáozhǔn · to aim at准则zhǔnzé · principle

Words with 确

正确zhèngquè · correct确实quèshí · indeed明确míngquè · clear确定quèdìng · to confirm确认quèrèn · to confirm的确díquè · really确信quèxìn · to be convinced确保quèbǎo · to ensure确立quèlì · to establish精确jīngquè · accurate

More words: Adjectives

正常zhèngcháng · regular正确zhèngquè · correct正式zhèngshì · formal直接zhíjiē · direct (opposite: indirect 间接)仔细zǐxì · careful美měi · beautiful强qiáng · strong整zhěng · whole

FAQs

准确 (zhǔnquè) means “accurate” or “exact”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it zhǔnquè: zhǔn with a 3rd tone, then què 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, 准确 is written 準確. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhunque with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 准确 from the suggestions. Typing zhunque into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
准确 is an HSK 4 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.