结束
jié shù 2–4
termination; to finish; to end; to conclude; to close
- Characters
- 2
- 结 · 束
- Syllables
- 2
- jié shù
- Frequency
- Very common
- corpus count 498
Part of speech: v,vn
Character by character
- 结jié9 strokesHSK 2 traditional 結knot, tie; join, connect
- 束shù7 strokesHSK 3bind, control, restrain; bale
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Example sentences
会议结束了。
Huì yì jié shù le
The meeting ended.
斗争结束了。
Dòu zhēng jié shù le
The fight is over.
你结束了吗？
Nǐ jié shù le ma
Are you finished?
战争还没结束。
Zhàn zhēng hái méi jié shù
The war has not ended.
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 结束. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 结果jié guǒHSK 2
outcome; result; conclusion; in the end; as a result; to kill; to dispatch
- 结婚jié hūnHSK 3
to marry; to get married
- 结jiéHSK 4
knot; sturdy; bond; to tie; to bind; to check out (of a hotel)
- 结合jié héHSK 3
to combine; to link; to integrate; binding
- 结构jié gòuHSK 4
structure; composition; makeup; architecture
- 团结tuán jiéHSK 3
to unite; unity; solidarity; united
- 结局jié júHSK 7
conclusion; ending
- 结论jié lùnHSK 4
conclusion; verdict; to conclude; to reach a verdict
- 总结zǒng jiéHSK 3
to sum up; to conclude; summary; résumé
- 约束yuē shùHSK 5
to restrict; to limit to; to constrain; restriction; constraint
- 束shùHSK 3
to bind; bunch; bundle; classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc; to control
- 终结zhōng jiéHSK 7
end; conclusion; to come to an end; to terminate (sth)
- 束缚shù fùHSK 7
to bind; to restrict; to tie; to commit; fetters
- 结尾jié wěiHSK 7
ending; coda; to wind up
- 冻结dòng jiéHSK 7
to freeze (water etc); (fig.) to freeze (assets, prices etc)
- 了结liǎo jiéHSK 7
to settle; to finish; to conclude; to wind up
- 结实jiē shiHSK 3
rugged; sturdy; strong; durable; buff (physique)
- 结算jié suàn
to settle a bill; to close an account
- 情结qíng jiéHSK 7
complex (psychology)
- 集结jí jiéHSK 7
to assemble; to concentrate; to mass; to build up; to marshal
- 结晶jié jīngHSK 7
to crystallize; crystallization; crystal; crystalline; (fig.) the fruit (of labor etc)
- 结识jié shíHSK 7
to get to know sb; to meet sb for the first time
- 勾结gōu jiéHSK 7
to collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with
- 归结guī jiéHSK 7
to sum up; to conclude; to put in a nutshell; conclusion; end (of a story etc)