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jié

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jié Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jié | jie2
English translation
eyelashes

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About jié

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

jié

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

eye

Etymology of jié

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

目疌

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

jié

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Example sentences using jié

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cháng 睫毛 jié máo , yǎn shāo xié piē 向上 xiàng shàng .

She had long eyelashes, and eyes which slanted upward at the corners.

yǒu 一双褐色 hè sè de 眼睛 yǎnjing 睫毛 jié máo 特别 tèbié cháng

Her eyes were large and brown and fringed with incredibly long lashes.

Dài zhāo 假睫毛穿着 chuān zhuó xiǎo le liǎng háo de 毛衣 máo yī

I was wearing false eyelashes and a sweater two sizes too small.

只要 zhǐyào zhǎ 一下 yīxià 眼睫毛男人 nán rén men 便 biàn 忙不迭 máng bù dié de 跑过来

She just flutters her eyelashes and the men come running!

已化 hǎo zhuāng bìng 涂黑 le 睫毛 jié máo

She had put on her make-up and darkened her eyelashes.

Words with jié

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
睫毛 jié máo eyelashes睫毛 jié máo
迫在眉睫 pò zài méi jié pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent迫在眉睫 pò zài méi jié
jié eyelashes jié
睫状体 jié zhuàng tǐ ciliary body (in the eye, containing the focusing muscles)睫狀體
眉睫 méi jié nearby眉睫 méi jié
倒睫 dào jié trichiasis (ingrown eyelashes)倒睫 dào jié
交睫 jiāo jié to close one's eyes (i.e. sleep)交睫 jiāo jié
目不交睫 mù bù jiāo jié fig. to not sleep a wink目不交睫 mù bù jiāo jié

jié Decomposition & Compounds

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