jié

knot, node, joint; section

DEFINITIONS

節 jié
  • festival
  • holiday
  • node
  • joint
  • section
  • segment
  • part
  • to economize
  • to save
  • to abridge
  • moral integrity
  • classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses
  • CL:個|个[ge4]
節 jiē
  • see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]

WORDS

dēng jié the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar)
父親 fù qīn jié Father's Day
牧神 mù shén jié Lupercalia, Roman festival to Pan on 15th February
狂歡 kuáng huān jié carnival
huán jié (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc); (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process), etc
動物 huán jié dòng wù annelid (worm)
動物門 huán jié dòng wù mén Annelidan, the phylum of annelid worms
bì jié Bijie city and prefecture in Guizhou
地區 bì jié dì qū Bijie prefecture in Guizhou
市 bì jié shì Bijie city, capital of Bijie prefecture, Guizhou
白色情人 bái sè qíng rén jié White Day
盤根錯 pán gēn cuò jié twisted roots and intertwined joints (idiom); complicated and very tricky; knotty and deeply-rooted difficulties
lǐ jié etiquette
空氣調 kōng qì tiáo jié air conditioning
zhāng jié chapter; section
端午 duān wǔ jié Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)
端陽 duān yáng jié see 端午節|端午节[Duan1 wu3 jie2]
zhú jié bamboo joint
jīn jié lit. muscles and joints; by ext. the relations between parts in a speech, composition etc
兒 gū jie r short length; small section or portion
上生枝 jié shàng shēng zhī a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising
候 jié hòu season; time of year
假日 jié jià rì public holiday
儉 jié jiǎn frugal; economical
制 jié zhì to control; to restrict; to moderate; to temper; moderation; sobriety; to administer