Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a reference signal pattern transmission method and an apparatus therefor. The method includes: determining, a quantity N of symbols occupied by a CSI-RS resource, and N={1, 2, 4}; obtaining, a pattern of the CSI-RS resource; and sending, configuration information to a terminal device, N=1, the pattern of the CSI-RS resource occupies one RE in time domain, and occupies at least four consecutive REs in frequency domain; or N=2, the pattern of the CSI-RS resource occupies two consecutive REs in time domain, and occupies at least two consecutive REs in frequency domain; or N=4, the pattern of the CSI-RS resource occupies four consecutive REs in time domain, and occupies at least two consecutive REs in frequency domain. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, a design of a pattern of a channel state information-reference signal resource in a 5G system can be implemented.