How to say “draw up” in Chinese
draw up (a plan)
“Draw up” in Chinese is 制订, zhì dìng: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
制订 is read zhì dìng: 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 right, 刂 “knife”: cutting and shaping.
On the left, 讠 “speech”; on the right, 丁 dīng hints at the sound.
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 “制订”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 制订. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 经理让我制订下个月的计划jīnglǐràngwǒzhìdìngxiàgeyuèdejìhuàThe manager asked me to draw up the plan for next month.
More words from the lesson “Decisions from above”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “draw up” in Chinese?
“Draw up” in Chinese is 制订, pinyin zhìdìng.
What does 制订 mean?
制订 (zhìdìng) means “draw up (a plan)”.
How do you write 制订?
制订 is 2 characters: 制 (zhì) — make; establish, restrict; 订 (dìng) — order, book. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 制订?
制订 is read zhìdìng. Tones: zhì — fourth tone, dìng — fourth tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“draw up” in the lesson “Decisions from above”
This word is from the topic “Work” of HSK 5. 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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