jié

knot, tie; join, connect

HSK 3 #236

DEFINITIONS

结 jié
  • knot
  • sturdy
  • bond
  • to tie
  • to bind
  • to check out (of a hotel)
结 jiē
  • (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds)
  • Taiwan pr. [jie2]

STROKES

WORDS

巴巴 bā bā jiē jiē to manage with difficulty; only just getting by; in a difficult position
广良缘 guǎng jié liáng yuán to earn people's praise through one's good deeds (idiom)
张口舌 zhāng kǒu jié shé agape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words; gaping and speechless
xīn jié a matter that gnaws at one's mind; preoccupation; sore point; rancor
必然果 bì rán jié guǒ inevitable outcome; inescapable consequence
凭轼辙 píng shì jié zhé to drive non-stop as fast as one can (idiom)
恋母情 liàn mǔ qíng jié Oedipus complex
恋父情 liàn fù qíng jié Electra complex
恋旧情 liàn jiù qíng jié dwelling on the past; difficulty in adapting to changes
niǔ jié to tangle up; to twist together; to wind
抗震构 kàng zhèn jié gòu earthquake-resistant construction
拓扑构 tuò pū jié gòu topological structure
攀高贵 pān gāo jié guì lit. to cling to the high, connect to the rich (idiom); to try to attach oneself to the rich and powerful; social climbing
晶体构 jīng tǐ jié gòu crystal structure
束 wèi jié shù unfinished; unresolved
构 hé jié gòu nuclear structure
桃园三义 táo yuán sān jié yì Oath of the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4], Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞[Zhang1 Fei1] and Guan Yu 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3] at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]
桃园义 táo yuán jié yì to make a pact of brotherhood (from “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) (idiom)
肠 héng jié cháng transverse colon (anatomy); second section of large intestine
归根柢 guī gēn jié dǐ variant of 歸根結底|归根结底[gui1 gen1 jie2 di3]
归根蒂 guī gēn jié dì ultimately; in the final analysis; after all; when all is said and done
难解 sǐ jié nán jiě enigmatic knot hard to untie (idiom); thorny problem; intractable difficulty
民族团 mín zú tuán jié national unity
准稳旋涡构 zhǔn wěn xuán wō jié gòu quasi-stationary spiral structure QSSS (astrophysics)
网 wú jié wǎng knotless netting (textiles)