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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jù | ju4
English translation
variant of
>[jù]
according to
to act in accordance with
to depend on
to seize
to occupy
see 拮據
>拮据 jié jū [jié jū]
to possess, to occupy; position; base

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Preposition / 介词 jiè cí Jiècí

Learning hint

hand

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌居

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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助手 zhùshǒu 盖恩 yòu 一些 yī xiē 票据 piào jù wǎng 会议 huìyì zhuō 上一 tān .

Once again the assistant , Gayne , began placing papers on the conference table.

报道 bàodào ,明天 míngtiān 天气 tiānqì jiāng biàn qíng .

It is reported that the weather will clear up tomorrow.

丢失 diū shī 数据 shùjù de 内存 nèi cún 硬盘 yìng pán de 成本 chéngběn guì le 很多,可靠 kěkào de 宽带 kuān dài 网络 Wǎngluò 更加 gèng jiā 昂贵 ángguì .

Nonvolatile solid - state memory is a lot more expensive than disk drives are.

罗马尼亚 Luó mǎ ní yà huá 浆手快速 kuài sù 有力 yǒu lì de 划水占据 zhànjù le 领先 lǐngxiān 位置 wèizhi .

The Romanian rowers pulled ahead with fast, powerful strokes.

这个 zhè ge 年轻 niánqīng de 学生 xuésheng yǐn dǒng Wén 人们 rén men 引经据典 yǐn jīng jù diǎn de 谈话 tán huà .

The young schoolboy can not understand the allusive conversation of intellectual men.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
according to
根据 gēnjù according to根據
证据 zhèngjù evidence證據
数据 shùjù data數據
据说 jùshuō reportedly據說
依据 yījù basis依據
据悉 jùxī according to reports據悉
数据库 shù jù kù database數據庫
占据 zhànjù to occupy佔據
收据 shōujù receipt收據
据此 jù cǐ according to this據此
据称 jù chēng it is said據稱
票据 piào jù voucher票據
据点 jù diǎn stronghold據點
根据地 gēn jù dì base of operations根據地
据为己有 jù wéi jǐ yǒu to take for one's own據為己有
论据 lùn jù contention論據
单据 dān jù receipts單據
拮据 jié jū hard pressed for money拮据 jié jū
数据流 shù jù liú data stream數據流
据传 jù chuán it is rumored that ...據傳
数据处理 shù jù chǔ lǐ data processing數據處理
数据传输 shù jù chuán shū data transmission數據傳輸
据理力争 jù lǐ lì zhēng to contend on strong grounds據理力爭

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Decomposition

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