Voluntarily in Chinese
voluntarily · HSK 6
自愿
- 自 from
- 愿 to wish
这次活动大家都是自愿参加的。 Everyone took part in this event voluntarily.
Other ways to say voluntarily
More words with 自 or 愿
How do you say voluntarily in Chinese?
Voluntarily in Chinese is 自愿 (zì yuàn). You can also say 自动 (zì dòng), 自觉 (zì jué).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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