HSK 5 · Verbs

咨询 zīxún “to consult” in Chinese

Traditional 諮詢

What 咨询 means

  1. to consult
  2. to seek advice
  3. to inquire
  4. to seek advice from

How to say 咨询

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale咨zī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale询xún2nd tone, rising

咨询 in a sentence

  1. 你应该咨询你的医生。

    Nǐ yīnggāi zīxún nǐ de yīshēng.

    You should consult your doctor.

    Sentence #842452 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 好的，您想咨询什么事情？

    Hǎo de, nín xiǎng zīxún shénme shìqing?

    Sure, what would you like to ask about?

    Sentence #747573 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我想咨询点儿事情。

    Wǒ xiǎng zīxún diǎnr shìqing.

    I’d like to ask about something.

    Sentence #747571 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 咨询 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 咨 (zī) with each of its parts in a different colour
咨zīto consult; to seek advice
  • 次order · cìSound part
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 次 (cì) hints at the sound. Compare it with zī.

The character 询 (xún) with each of its parts in a different colour
询xúnto ask about
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 旬ten-day period · xúnSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 旬 (xún) hints at the sound. Compare it with xún.

How to write 咨询

咨 9 strokes · 询 8 strokes

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

Words related to 咨询

Words with 询

询问xúnwèn · to inquire

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FAQs

咨询 (zīxún) means “to consult” or “to seek advice”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zīxún: zī with a 1st tone, then xún 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, 咨询 is written 諮詢. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zixun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 咨询 from the suggestions. Typing zixun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
咨询 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.