倡

chàng

HSK 53 readings

“To initiate” in Chinese is 倡 (chàng).

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Meaning

to initiate
to instigate
to introduce

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to lead

Example

他提倡減稅。

He advocated reduction of taxes.

From 提倡 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

chàngto initiate / to instigate / to introduce / to lead
chāngperformer; prostitute (archaic, variant of 娼)

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Words containing 倡

倡导chàngdǎoto advocateHSK 5 提倡tíchàngto promoteHSK 5 倡议chàngyìto suggestHSK 7-9

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