HSK 6 · Function Words

足以 zúyǐ “enough to” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 足以 means

  1. enough to
  2. sufficient to
  3. so much so that
  4. so that

How to say 足以

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale足zú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale以yǐ3rd tone, dipping

足以 in a sentence

  1. 冰厚得足以让我在上面走路。

    Bīng hòu de zúyǐ ràng wǒ zài shàngmiàn zǒulù.

    The ice was thick enough for me to walk on.

    Sentence #430994 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 天冷得足以让湖结冰。

    Tiān lěng de zúyǐ ràng hú jiébīng.

    It was cold enough for the lake to freeze.

    Sentence #332785 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 亨利年纪够大足以养活自己。

    Hēnglì niánjì gòu dà zúyǐ yǎnghuo zìjǐ.

    Henry is old enough to support himself.

    Sentence #918115 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 足以 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 足 (jù) drawn as one shape
足zúfoot; leg

足 is a single shape of 7 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from a leg with a foot below: foot. You see it on the left of 跑 (pǎo) “run”, 跳 (tiào) “jump” and 踢 (tī) “kick”.

The character 以 (yǐ) drawn as one shape
以yǐto use

以 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 足以

足 7 strokes · 以 4 strokes

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

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

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FAQs

足以 (zúyǐ) means “enough to” or “sufficient to”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zúyǐ: zú with a 2nd tone, then yǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 足以 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zuyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 足以 from the suggestions. Typing zuyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
足以 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.