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Chinese words starting with “jie”

93 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable jie. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 21 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.

Initial j · final ie · hear the four tones and see example characters →

  • 1st tone 28
  • 2nd tone 29
  • 3rd tone 17
  • 4th tone 19

Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.

Common words with this syllable

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#WordPinyinPOSMeaningStudy list
1接jiēvto receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb
2节jién,q,g,vjoint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar); seasonal festival; (bound form) to economize; to save; (bound form) moral integrity; chastity; classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc; knot (nautical miles per hour)
3街jiēnstreet
4借jièv,pto lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity)
5解jiěvto divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection
6结jiév,nknot; sturdy; bond; to tie; to bind; to check out (of a hotel)
7结构jié gòunstructure; composition; makeup; architecture
8界jièn,k(bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm
9姐妹jiě mèinsisters; siblings; sister (school, city etc)
10届jièqto arrive at (place or time); period; to become due; classifier for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation)
11结局jié júnconclusion; ending
12结论jié lùnnconclusion; verdict; to conclude; to reach a verdict
13皆jiēdall; each and every; in all cases
14姐jiěnolder sister
15街道jiē dàonstreet; subdistrict; residential district
16解放jiě fàngv,vn,nzto liberate; to emancipate; liberation; refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949
17戒jièv,g,vnto guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger)
18街头jiē tóusstreet
19借口jiè kǒun,vto use as an excuse; excuse; pretext
20解除jiě chúvto remove; to sack; to get rid of; to relieve (sb of their duties); to free; to lift (an embargo); to rescind (an agreement)
21节奏jié zòunrhythm; tempo; musical pulse; cadence; beat
22戒指jiè zhin(finger) ring
23劫jiév,gto rob; to plunder; to seize by force; to coerce; calamity; abbr. for kalpa 波
24介入jiè rùv,vnto intervene; to get involved
25接收jiē shōuv,vnreception (of transmitted signal); to receive; to accept; to admit; to take over (e.g. a factory); to expropriate
26截jiév,qto cut off (a length); to stop; to intercept; section; chunk; length
27揭晓jiē xiǎov,vnto announce publicly; to publish; to make known; to disclose
28杰出jié chūaoutstanding; distinguished; remarkable; prominent; illustrious
29节省jié shěngvsaving; to save; to use sparingly; to cut down on
30介意jiè yìvto care about; to take offense; to mind
31揭露jiē lùv,vnto expose; to unmask; to ferret out; to disclose; disclosure
32解脱jiě tuōv,vnto untie; to free; to absolve of; to get free of; to extirpate oneself; (Buddhism) to free oneself of worldly worries
33解剖jiě pōuv,vnto dissect (an animal); to analyze; anatomy
34解救jiě jiùv,vnto rescue; to help out of difficulties; to save the situation
35界限jiè xiànnboundary
36借助jiè zhùvto draw support from; with the help of
37解散jiě sànv,vnto dissolve; to disband
38结尾jié wěin,vending; coda; to wind up
39阶级jiē jín(social) class
40接手jiē shǒuvto take over (duties etc); catcher (baseball etc)
41截止jié zhǐv,vnto close; to stop; to put a stop to sth; cut-off point; stopping point; deadline
42借用jiè yòngv,vnto borrow sth for another use; to borrow an idea for one's own use
43解读jiě dúv,vnto decipher; to decode; to interpret
44届时jiè shídwhen the time comes; at the scheduled time
45阶层jiē céngnsocial class
46劫持jié chívto kidnap; to hijack; to abduct; to hold under duress
47揭jiēvto take the lid off; to expose; to unmask
48解答jiě dáv,vnto solve (a problem); to resolve (a difficulty); to provide an answer; solution; resolution; answer
49揭示jiē shìvto show; to make known
50接通jiē tōngvto connect; to put through

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