Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

order; orderliness

Chinese: 秩序、次序。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “zhi” becomes a different word in each tone. 秩 is the 4th 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

  • 秩序zhì xùorder; orderliness (in society, in the classroom, on the roads etc)
  • 品秩pǐn zhì(old) rank and salary of an official post
  • 无秩序wú zhì xùdisorder
  • 秩序美zhì xù měiorder (as an aesthetic quality)
  • 公共秩序gōng gòng zhì xùpublic order

Example Sentence

同学们排好队,秩序井然地进入了会场。Tóng xué men pái hǎo duì, zhì xù jǐng rán de jìn rù le huì chǎng.The students lined up and entered the hall in an orderly manner.

同学Tóng xuéto study at the same schoomen(plural marker)páito arrange in orderhǎogoodduìsquadron秩序井然zhì xù jǐng ránin perfect orderde(adverb marker)进入jìn rùto enterle(completed action)会场huì chǎngmeeting place