填志愿

填志願

tiánzhìyuàn

verb

Meanings

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

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Examples

高考结束后,填志愿是最关键的一步。

Gāokǎo jiéshù hòu, tián zhìyuàn shì zuì guānjiàn de yí bù.

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

他请了老师帮他填志愿。

Tā qǐngle lǎoshī bāng tā tián zhìyuàn.

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

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. Whole consulting industry exists around this.

Stroke Order

填 tián

志 zhì

愿 yuàn