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标志

biāo zhì

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 標誌

标志 (biāo zhì) means "sign, mark, symbol". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 标志 means

1. sign; mark; symbol; logo
2. to symbolize; to indicate; to mark

The characters in 标志

• 标biāomark; sign; label
• 志zhìaspiration; ambition; the will

Example sentences

• 自我怀疑是聪明的第一标志。
  To have doubts about oneself is the first sign of intelligence.
• 红色是危险的标志，与绿色相对。
  Red, as opposed to green, is a sign of danger.
• 红色，相对于绿色，是危险的标志。
  Hóngsè, xiāngduì yú lǜsè, shì wēixiǎn de biāozhì.
  Red, as opposed to green, is a sign of danger.
• 晶体管的发明标志着一个新时代的开始。
  Jīngtǐguǎn de fāmíng biāozhì zhe yī gè xīnshídài de kāishǐ.
  The invention of the transistor marked a new era.
• 侧边栏显示在网站标志下方的页面边缘。
  The sidebar is displayed on the edge of the page below the site logo.
• 你可以到有“银联”标志的ATM机里去取钱。
  You can withdraw money from ATMs that have the "UnionPay" logo.

Words starting with 标志

• 标志性biāo zhì xìngiconic

Words containing 标志

• 交通标志jiāo tōng biāo zhìtraffic sign
• 辐射警告标志fú shè jǐng gào biāo zhìradiation warning symbol

Sounds the same

Read biāo zhì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 标帜banner; standard; variant of 标志
• 标致Peugeot (automobile brand)
• 标识variant of 标志

Where 标志 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Signs, Symbols & Self-Expression (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read biāo zhì correctly.
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