填志愿

填志願

tiánzhìyuàn

verb

Meanings

1 to fill in university preferences (after gaokao)
2 to submit one's application choices

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

他请了老师帮他填志愿。

Tā qǐng le lǎoshī bāng tā tiánzhìyuàn.

He asked a teacher to help him fill in his university choices.

HSK 4

高考结束后，填志愿是最关键的一步。

Gāokǎo jiéshù hòu, tiánzhìyuàn shì zuì guānjiàn de yí bù.

After the gaokao, filling in your preferences is the most critical step.

Tips

culture

After gaokao scores come out, students rank universities and majors in order of preference (志愿 = preference/aspiration). Strategy matters hugely: 填错志愿 (choosing wrong) can send a top scorer to a worse school. A whole consulting industry exists around this.

Stroke Order

填 tián

志 zhì

愿 yuàn