Chinese Conversation · Level 20
90 words
Chinese word
签字
Pronunciation
Pinyinqiān zì
Meaning
- verbsign
Example
请在这里签字。qǐng zài zhè lǐ qiān zì
Please sign here.
More examples
公司要求总经理在文件上签字。gōng sī yāo qiú zǒng jīng lǐ zài wén jiàn shàng qiān zì
The company requires the general manager to sign the document.
Core concept
Putting a personal mark onto a document so it stands as confirmed.
Common phrases
在表格上签字zài biǎo gé shàng qiān zì
sign on the form
签字并盖章qiān zì bìng gài zhāng
sign and stamp
代为签字dài wéi qiān zì
sign on behalf of someone
Similar words
签名qiān míng: Recording a person's name by hand or electronically to show identity or approval.
署名shǔ míng: Formally writing a person's name at the end of a document to show agreement or approval.
签署qiān shǔ: Formally adding a name to an official document or contract as an act of agreement.
盖章gài zhāng: Pressing an official seal onto a document to show approval or give it formal force.
Definition in Chinese
在书面文件的署名栏处亲笔写下自己的姓名或标识，以表示对文中内容的同意、确认或证明身份的行为。zài shū miàn wén jiàn de shǔ míng lán chù qīn bí xiě xià zì jǐ de xìng míng huò biāo shí yǐ biǎo shì duì wén zhōng nèi róng de tóng yì què rèn huò zhèng míng shēn fèn de xíng wéi
Word origin
The compound 签 (qiān, "to sign") + 字 (zì, "written character") presents signing as putting identifying writing on a document.
Usage tips
- English sign also covers gestures, symbols, and signals, but this Chinese word has the narrower document-related sense of recording a person's identity or agreement.
Other meanings
- signaturenoun
Related words
- 签字权qiān zì quánsigning authoritynoun
- 签字笔qiān zì bǐsigning pennoun