HSK 5 · Verbs

组织 zǔzhī “to organise” in Chinese

Traditional 組織

What 组织 means

  1. to organise
  2. organisation
  3. (biology) tissue
  4. (textiles) weave

Measure word 个 gè · 一个组织 yí ge zǔzhī

How to say 组织

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale组zǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale织zhī1st tone, high and level

组织 in a sentence

  1. 谁组织了这次会议？

    Shéi zǔzhī le zhè cì huìyì?

    Who organised this meeting?

    Sentence #392241 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 没有你们，就没有这个组织。

    Méiyǒu nǐmen, jiù méiyǒu zhè ge zǔzhī.

    Without you, this organisation wouldn’t exist.

    Sentence #2333893 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 组织帮助穷人。

    Zǔzhī bāngzhù qióngrén.

    The organisation helps the poor.

    Sentence #13519480 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 组织 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 组 (zǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
组zǔto form
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 且moreover · qiěSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 且 (qiě) hints at the sound. Compare it with zǔ.

The character 织 (zhī) with each of its parts in a different colour
织zhīto weave
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 只only · zhǐSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 只 (zhǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhī.

How to write 组织

组 8 strokes · 织 8 strokes

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

Words related to 组织

Words with 组

组zǔ · group组成zǔchéng · to form组合zǔhé · to assemble

Words with 织

编织biānzhī · to knit纺织fǎngzhī · textile

More words: Common Verbs

装饰zhuāngshì · to decorate追zhuī · to chase追求zhuīqiú · to pursue (a goal)组成zǔchéng · to form阻止zǔzhǐ · to prevent组合zǔhé · to assemble遵守zūnshǒu · to comply with挨ái · to suffer

FAQs

组织 (zǔzhī) means “to organise” or “organisation”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zǔzhī: zǔ with a 3rd tone, then zhī 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, 组织 is written 組織. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one to organise is 一个组织 (yí ge zǔzhī).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zuzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 组织 from the suggestions. Typing zuzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
组织 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.