顺序 shùnxù order

Traditional: 順序

HSK 4 — upper-intermediate proficiency: 600 new words, 1,200 in all. You can converse fluently on a wide range of topics with native speakers. In HSK 3.0, 顺序 is in band 4. HSK 4 explained

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中顺序。

It means order, as in the sequence things come in. Picture a teacher lining up students for a school trip. Someone asks who goes first, and the teacher explains the order. Say it with me.

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Stroke order

顺序 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

顺序 — the Chinese character for order (shùnxù), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 顺序 — order

顺 — 9 strokes
序 — 7 strokes

Senses

sequence
order

Characters in 顺序

顺 shùn — to obey; to follow; to arrange
序 xù — (bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Where 顺序 lives

HSK 4 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 4 Practise Topic: Quantities and measures Practise

顺序 is pronounced shùnxù and means “order”.