HSK 6 · Work

资深 zīshēn “senior” in Chinese

Traditional 資深

What 资深 means

  1. senior
  2. experienced
  3. highly experienced
  4. veteran

How to say 资深

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale深shēn1st tone, high and level

资深 in a sentence

  1. 她是一位资深记者。

    Tā shì yí wèi zīshēn jìzhě.

    She’s a senior journalist.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我们请了几位资深专家来做讲座。

    Wǒmen qǐng le jǐ wèi zīshēn zhuānjiā lái zuò jiǎngzuò.

    We invited several experienced experts to give talks.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 资深 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 深 (shēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
深shēndeep
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 罙deep

How to write 资深

资 10 strokes · 深 11 strokes

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

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

Words related to 资深

Words with 资

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

Words with 深

深shēn · deep深刻shēnkè · profound深奥shēn'ào · profound深沉shēnchén · deep博大精深bódàjīngshēn · broad and profound (of knowledge or culture)根深蒂固gēnshēndìgù · deep-rooted深情厚谊shēnqínghòuyì · deep friendship

More words: Work & Career

报到bàodào · to report for duty报告bàogào · to inform编辑biānjí · to edit主办zhǔbàn · to host主管zhǔguǎn · person in charge助理zhùlǐ · assistant助手zhùshǒu · assistant作风zuòfēng · style (of work)

FAQs

资深 (zīshēn) means “senior” or “experienced”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zīshēn: zī with a 1st tone, then shēn with a 1st 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, 资深 is written 資深. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zishen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 资深 from the suggestions. Typing zishen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
资深 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.