HSK 5 · Work

资格 zīgé “qualifications” in Chinese

Traditional 資格

What 资格 means

  1. qualifications
  2. seniority

How to say 资格

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale资zī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale格gé2nd tone, rising

资格 in a sentence

  1. 你有资格知道。

    Nǐ yǒu zīgé zhīdao.

    You have the right to know.

    Sentence #8501412 from Tatoeba

  2. 他被取消了参赛资格。

    Tā bèi qǔxiāo le cānsài zīgé.

    He was disqualified from the competition.

    Sentence #471447 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 我当然有资格这么说啦。

    Wǒ dāngrán yǒu zīgé zhème shuō la.

    Of course I have every right to say that.

    Sentence #364996 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 资格 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 资 (zī) with each of its parts in a different colour
资zīresources
  • 次order · cìSound part
  • 贝sea shell · bèiMeaning part

贝 hints at the meaning (sea shell); 次 (cì) hints at the sound. Compare it with zī.

The character 格 (gé) with each of its parts in a different colour
格gésquare; lattice; grid; frame
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 各individual · gèSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 各 (gè) hints at the sound. Compare it with gé.

How to write 资格

资 10 strokes · 格 10 strokes

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

Words related to 资格

Words with 资

工资gōngzī · wages资料zīliào · material投资tóuzī · investment资金zījīn · funds资源zīyuán · resources资深zīshēn · senior物资wùzī · goods and materials资本zīběn · capital (economics)资产zīchǎn · assets资助zīzhù · to fund

Words with 格

合格hégé · to meet the standard required严格yángé · strict价格jiàgé · price表格biǎogé · form性格xìnggé · nature及格jígé · to pass an exam or a test风格fēnggé · style格外géwài · especially格局géjú · structure格式géshì · format

More words: Work & Career

员工yuángōng · employee中介zhōngjiè · agency专家zhuānjiā · expert主任zhǔrèn · director资料zīliào · material总裁zǒngcái · president (of a company)罢工bàgōng · to go on strike把关bǎguān · to check (quality)

FAQs

资格 (zīgé) means “qualifications” or “seniority”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zīgé: zī with a 1st tone, then gé with a 2nd 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, 资格 is written 資格. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zige with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 资格 from the suggestions. Typing zige into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
资格 is an HSK 5 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.