HSK 6 · Education

注释 zhùshì “annotation” in Chinese

Traditional 注釋

What 注释 means

  1. annotation
  2. note
  3. to annotate
  4. to add a comment
  5. explanatory note

How to say 注释

  • 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释shì4th tone, falling

注释 in a sentence

  1. 请勿加注释。

    Qǐng wù jiā zhùshì.

    Please don’t add any notes.

    Sentence #613638 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 加注释使代码更易读。

    Jiā zhùshì shǐ dàimǎ gèng yì dú.

    Adding comments makes code easier to read.

    Sentence #1036570 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 注释 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 释 (shì) drawn as one shape
释shìto explain

释 is a single shape of 12 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 注释

注 8 strokes · 释 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 注释

Words with 注

注意zhùyì · pay attention to关注guānzhù · to pay close attention to注册zhùcè · to register注射zhùshè · to inject注重zhùzhòng · to emphasise注视zhùshì · to gaze at

Words with 释

解释jiěshì · explanation释放shìfàng · to release爱不释手àibúshìshǒu · to love something too much to put it down

More words: Education & Learning

本科běnkē · undergraduate course标点biāodiǎn · punctuation证书zhèngshū · certificate智力zhìlì · intelligence智商zhìshāng · IQ专题zhuāntí · special topic钻研zuānyán · to study intensively作弊zuòbì · to cheat (in an exam)

FAQs

注释 (zhùshì) means “annotation” or “note”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhùshì: zhù with a 4th tone, then shì 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, 注释 is written 注釋. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhushi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 注释 from the suggestions. Typing zhushi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
注释 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.