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决 jué

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决 jué Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jué | jue2
English translation
to decide
to determine
to execute (sb)
(of a dam etc) to breach or burst
definitely
certainly
to decide, to determine, to judge

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About 决 jué

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

決 jué

Contains the radical

冫 bīng

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Etymology of 决 jué

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Positional decomposition

⿰冫夬

Explanation

Simplified form of 決 jué . Phonosemantic compound. 氵 shuǐ represents the meaning and 夬 guài represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "burst open". The meaning later shifted to "clear", "cut off", "decide" and "judge".

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Example sentences using 决 jué

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我 wǒ 要 yāo 是 shì 抓到他 tā 的话 de huà ,哼 hēng (就 jiù 决 jué 不 bù 饶 Ráo 他 tā )!

If I ever catch him.

他 tā 已 yǐ 决心 juéxīn 戒烟 jiè yān 、戒酒 jiè jiǔ .

He has decided to cut out smoking and drinking.

恋爱 liànài 决不 jué bù 至于 zhìyú 因 yīn 饿 è 而 ér 死 sǐ ,而是 ér shì 多数 duō shù 因消化不良 bù liáng 而死.

Love never dies of starvation but often of indigestion.

在 zài 决赛 juésài 中 Zhōng , 王军霞 Wáng Jūn xiá 把 bǎ 对手 duìshǒu 远远 yuǎn yuǎn 甩 shuǎi 在 zài 了 le 身后 shēn hòu .

In the final contest, Wangjunxia left her opponents far behind.

年冬花红 huā hóng 的 de 发放 fā fàng 取决于公司 gōngsī 度 dù 的 de 业绩 yè jì 和 hé 个人 gèrén 的 de 表现 biǎoxiàn .

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Words with 决 jué

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
决定 juédìng to resolve決定
解决 jiějué to resolve解決
决赛 juésài finals (of a competition)決賽
坚决 jiānjué firm堅決
判决 pànjué to sentence判決
决策 juécè strategic decision決策
决心 juéxīn determination決心
决不 jué bù not at all決不
决 jué to decide決 jué
决议 jué yì a resolution決議
表决 biǎojué to vote表決
裁决 cái jué ruling裁決
半决赛 bàn jué sài semifinals半決賽
总决赛 zǒng jué sài finals (sports)總決賽
否决 fǒujué to veto否決
决斗 jué dòu to duel決鬥
处决 chǔ jué to execute (a condemned criminal)處決
决战 jué zhàn decisive battle決戰
下定决心 xià dìng jué xīn to make a firm resolution下定決心
决定性 jué dìng xìng decisive決定性
表决权 biǎo jué quán vote表決權
下决心 xià jué xīn to determine下決心
决胜 jué shèng to determine victory決勝

决 jué Decomposition & Compounds

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决 jué Decomposition

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决 jué Compounds

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