HSK 6 · Family

诸位 zhūwèi “everyone” in Chinese

Traditional 諸位

What 诸位 means

  1. everyone
  2. ladies and gentlemen (polite)
  3. (pron) everyone
  4. Ladies and Gentlemen
  5. Sirs

How to say 诸位

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale诸zhū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale位wèi4th tone, falling

诸位 in a sentence

  1. 请诸位斟满酒，为新郎和新娘干杯！

    Qǐng zhūwèi zhēnmǎn jiǔ, wèi xīnláng hé xīnniáng gānbēi!

    Please fill your glasses and raise a toast to the bride and groom!

    Sentence #8640260 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 诸位 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 诸 (zhū) with each of its parts in a different colour
诸zhūall
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 者that which · zhěSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 者 (zhě) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhū.

The character 位 (wèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
位wèiposition
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 立stand · lì

Memory aidA person 亻 standing 立 in their place: a position, a seat.

How to write 诸位

诸 10 strokes · 位 7 strokes

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

Words related to 诸位

Words with 位

位wèi · position座位zuòwèi · seat各位gèwèi · everyone (polite address)位于wèiyú · to be located at位置wèizhi · position单位dānwèi · unit (of measurement)地位dìwèi · position方位fāngwèi · position部位bùwèi · position学位xuéwèi · academic degree

More words: People, Body & Health

新娘xīnniáng · bride婴儿yīng'ér · baby岳母yuèmǔ · mother-in-law (wife’s mother)侄子zhízi · nephew (brother’s son)祖父zǔfù · grandfather (father’s father)祖先zǔxiān · ancestor癌症áizhèng · cancer按摩ànmó · massage

FAQs

诸位 (zhūwèi) means “everyone” or “ladies and gentlemen (polite)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhūwèi: zhū with a 1st tone, then wèi 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, 诸位 is written 諸位. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuwei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 诸位 from the suggestions. Typing zhuwei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
诸位 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.