jié

knot, node, joint; section

HSK 3 #514

DEFINITIONS

节 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]
节 jiē
  • see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]

STROKES

WORDS

髋关 kuān guān jié pelvis; hip joint
míng jié reputation and integrity
艺术 yì shù jié arts festival
jiā jié festive day; holiday
庆 jié qìng festival
细枝末 xì zhī mò jié minor details; trifles
shān jié to abridge; to cut a text down to size for publication
操 jié cāo integrity; moral principle
zhī jié branches and knots; fig. side issue; minor peripheral problem
教师 jiào shī jié Teachers' Day (September 10th in PRC and Confucius's birthday, September 28th in Taiwan)
chūn jié Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
律 jié lǜ rhythm; pace
选 jié xuǎn excerpt; selection (from a book); to select; to choose an extract
不拘小 bù jū xiǎo jié to not bother about trifles (idiom)
dà jié major festival; important matter; major principle; high moral character
zì jié byte
复活岛 fù huó jié dǎo Easter Island
外生枝 jié wài shēng zhī a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising
拍器 jié pāi qì metronome
能灯 jié néng dēng compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)
mò jié inessentials; minor detail
dēng jié the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar)
子 jiē zi gnarl; knot
流阀 jié liú fá a throttle
余 jié yú to save; savings