签证
HSK 4 (exam 2025)Old HSK 4
签证 (qiānzhèng) · visa
签证 (qiānzhèng) means “visa”. It is written with 2 characters: 签 (to sign) + 证 (certificate). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 签证 is built
The characters
签 qiān · to sign
What 签 is made of
- ⺮zhú — bamboo
- 佥qiān — all
- 亼jí — to assemble
- 人rén — person
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- ⺍ — three-stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亼jí — to assemble
证 zhèng · certificate
What 证 is made of
- 讠yán — speech
- 正zhèng — first month of the lunar year
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 止zhǐ — to stop
- 上shàng — above
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Origin hint: To speak 讠 the truth 正; 正 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我的签证下个月到期。Wǒ de qiānzhèng xià gè yuè dào qī.My visa expires next month.
去中国需要签证吗？Qù Zhōngguó xūyào qiānzhèng ma?Do I need a visa to go to China?
Questions about 签证
What does 签证 mean?
签证 (qiānzhèng) means “visa”.
How do you pronounce 签证?
签证 is pronounced qiānzhèng.
Which HSK level is 签证?
签证 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 签署qiānshǔto sign (an agreement)
- 签qiānto sign
- 保证bǎozhèngto guarantee
- 身份证shēnfènzhèngidentity card
- 证件zhèngjiànID
- 证据zhèngjùevidence
- 证明zhèngmíngto prove
- 辩证biànzhèngdialectical
- 公证gōngzhèngto notarize
- 论证lùnzhèngto demonstrate
Learn 签证 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 4 · Group 34: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.