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jié Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jié | jie2
English translation
to cut off (a length)
to stop
to intercept
section
chunk
length
to cut off, to obstruct, to stop; segment; intersection

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About jié

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

jié

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

A bird  zhuī  cut off from its nest shí  by a weapon 

Etymology of jié

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿻⿱十隹戈

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Example sentences using jié

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Fāng 鸿 hóng jiān ǎi le 半截 bàn jié , 想不到 xiǎng bu dào 老头子 lǎo tóu zi 这样 zhè yàng 精明 jīng míng .

Fang Hung - chien was shaken to the core , never expecting his father to be quite so shrewd.

孔隙 kǒng xì 通道 Tōng dào de 横截面 héng jié miàn 面积 miànjī 沿 yán 长度 cháng dù 方向 fāngxiàng 变化 biànhuà .

The cross - sectional areas of the pore openings vary along their length.

许晴 de 火辣 huǒ là chuáng jié !

Xu Qing ^ sfire burn bed play intercepting picture!

de 一条 tuǐ 膝盖 xīgài 以下 yǐ xià bèi jié diào le .

She had her leg amputated below the knee.

申请 shēnqǐng dào 本月 běn yuè 20截止 jiézhǐ .

The 20 th of this month is the closing day for application.

Words with jié

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
截至 jiézhì up to (a time)截至 jiézhì
jié to stop jié
截止 jiézhǐ to close截止 jiézhǐ
拦截 lán jié to intercept攔截
截然不同 jié rán bù tóng entirely different截然不同 jié rán bù tóng
截获 jié huò to intercept截獲
直截了当 zhí jié liǎo dàng straightforward直截了當
截肢 jié zhī to amputate截肢 jié zhī
截取 jié qǔ to cut off a section of sth截取 jié qǔ
截断 jié duàn to sever截斷
半截 bàn jié half (of sth)半截 bàn jié
截然 jié rán completely截然 jié rán
阻截 zǔ jié to stop阻截 zǔ jié
截面 jié miàn section截面 jié miàn
斩钉截铁 zhǎndīngjiétiě unhesitating斬釘截鐵
截击 jié jī to intercept (military)截擊
截稿 jié gǎo (of a newspaper) to stop accepting incoming articles截稿 jié gǎo
横截面 héng jié miàn cross-section橫截面
截瘫 jié tān paraplegia截癱
截距 jié jù intercept (the point at which a line crosses the x- or y-axis)截距 jié jù

jié Decomposition & Compounds

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jié Decomposition

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jié Compounds

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