HSK 6 · Ideas

宗旨 zōngzhǐ “aim” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 宗旨 means

  1. aim
  2. purpose
  3. objective
  4. goal

How to say 宗旨

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale宗zōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale旨zhǐ3rd tone, dipping

宗旨 in a sentence

  1. 我们公司的宗旨是为顾客服务。

    Wǒmen gōngsī de zōngzhǐ shì wèi gùkè fúwù.

    Our company’s aim is to serve its customers.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这个协会的宗旨是保护动物。

    Zhè ge xiéhuì de zōngzhǐ shì bǎohù dòngwù.

    The aim of this association is to protect animals.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 宗旨 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 宗 (zōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
宗zōngschool
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 示sign · shì
The character 旨 (zhǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
旨zhǐimperial decree
  • 匕spoon · bǐ
  • 日sun · rì

How to write 宗旨

宗 8 strokes · 旨 6 strokes

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

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

Words related to 宗旨

Words with 宗

正宗zhèngzōng · authentic宗教zōngjiào · religion

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FAQs

宗旨 (zōngzhǐ) means “aim” or “purpose”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zōngzhǐ: zōng with a 1st tone, then zhǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 宗旨 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zongzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 宗旨 from the suggestions. Typing zongzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
宗旨 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.