Meaning
to fill in
Chinese: 填满、填写。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “tian” becomes a different word in each tone. 填 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 填写tián xiěto fill in a form; to write data in a box (on a questionnaire or web form)
- 填空tián kòngto fill a job vacancy; to fill in a blank (e.g. on a form, questionnaire or exam paper)
- 填补tián bǔto fill a gap; to fill in a blank (on a form); to overcome a deficiency
- 填充tián chōngto fill up; to stuff; to fill in a blank space
- 填地tián dìlandfill
Example Sentence
请把这张表格填写完整。Qǐng bǎ zhè zhāng biǎo gé tián xiě wán zhěng.Please fill out this form completely.
请Qǐngto ask把bǎ(marks the object)这zhèthis张zhāngto open up表格biǎo géform填写tián xiěto fill in a form完整wán zhěngcomplete。