How to say “draft” in Chinese
draft, text (of a speech)
“Draft” in Chinese is 稿子, gǎo zi: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
稿子 is read gǎo zi: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the left, 禾 “grain”: the first meaning is straw. On the right, 高 gāo hints at the reading, as it also does in 搞 gǎo.
A picture of a swaddled baby. As a suffix it is read with the neutral tone: zi.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “稿子”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 稿子. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 我把这篇稿子改了三遍wǒbǎzhèpiāngǎozigǎilesānbiànI revised this text three times.
- 稿子写好了吗？gǎozixiěhǎolemaIs the text ready?
More words from the lesson “Beginning, end and gist”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “draft” in Chinese?
“Draft” in Chinese is 稿子, pinyin gǎozi.
What does 稿子 mean?
稿子 (gǎozi) means “draft, text (of a speech)”.
How do you write 稿子?
稿子 is 2 characters: 稿 (gǎo) — draft, manuscript; 子 (zǐ) — child; suffix. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 稿子?
稿子 is read gǎozi. Tones: gǎo — third tone, zi — neutral tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“draft” in the lesson “Beginning, end and gist”
This word is from the topic “Texts and art” of HSK 6. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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