清楚

Character by character

• 清qīng11 strokesHSK 2clear, pure, clean; peaceful
• 楚chǔ13 strokesHSK 2name of feudal state; clear

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我不太清楚。

  Wǒ bù tài qīng chu

  I don't really know.

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• 不是特别清楚。

  Bù shì tè bié qīng chu

  We don't know exactly.

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• 请说得更清楚些。

  Qǐng shuō de gèng qīng chu xiē

  Please speak more clearly.

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• 你很清楚我想要什么。

  Nǐ hěn qīng chu wǒ xiǎng yào shén me

  You know exactly what I want.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 清楚. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 清qīngHSK 6

  (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts)

• 清理qīng lǐHSK 5

  to clear up; to tidy up; to dispose of

• 清醒qīng xǐngHSK 4

  clear-headed; sober; awake

• 清晰qīng xīHSK 7

  clear; distinct

• 清洁qīng jiéHSK 6

  clean; to clean

• 清除qīng chúHSK 7

  to clear away; to eliminate; to get rid of

• 清洗qīng xǐHSK 6

  to wash; to clean; to purge

• 清新qīng xīnHSK 7

  fresh and clean

• 清晨qīng chénHSK 5

  early morning

• 清单qīng dānHSK 7

  list of items

• 澄清chéng qīngHSK 7

  clear (of liquid); limpid; to clarify; to make sth clear; to be clear (about the facts)

• 清澈qīng chè

  clear; limpid

• 清洁工qīng jié gōngHSK 6

  cleaner; janitor; garbage collector

• 清静qīng jìngHSK 7

  quiet; peaceful and quiet

• 清淡qīng dànHSK 7

  light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored); insipid; slack (sales)

• 清真寺qīng zhēn sìHSK 7

  mosque

• 清凉qīng liángHSK 7

  cool; refreshing; (of clothing) skimpy; revealing

• 清明节qīng míng jiéHSK 6

  Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)

• 清脆qīng cuìHSK 7

  sharp and clear; crisp; melodious; ringing; tinkling; silvery (of sound); fragile; frail; also written 轻脆

• 清明qīng míngHSK 7

  clear and bright; sober and calm; (of a government or administration) well ordered

• 清真qīng zhēn

  Islamic; Muslim; halal (of food); clean; pure