节奏 jiézòu▶ ritmo

Stroke order

节奏 is written in 14 strokes across 2 characters.

• 节 — 5 strokes
• 奏 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. rhythm
2. tempo
3. musical pulse
4. cadence
5. beat

Related words

• 情节trama
• 演奏Jugar
• 环节enlace
• 礼节etiqueta
• 节制disciplina
• 调节ajustar

节奏 is pronounced jiézòu and means “ritmo”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 节奏 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.