HSK 3 · Verbs

接 jiē “connect” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 接 means

  1. connect
  2. to meet
  3. to pick up
  4. to receive
  5. to answer (the phone)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to meet or welcome sb
  • to catch
  • to join

How to say 接

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale接jiē1st tone, high and level

接 in a sentence

  1. 请让我到火车站去接你的姐姐。

    Qǐng ràng wǒ dào huǒchēzhàn qù jiē nǐ de jiějie.

    Let me go to the station to pick up your sister.

    Sentence #418524 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. “电话响了。”“我去接。”

    “Diànhuà xiǎng le.” “Wǒ qù jiē.”

    “The phone’s ringing.” “I’ll get it.”

    Sentence #334474 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你能去学校接小孩吗？

    Nǐ néng qù xuéxiào jiē xiǎohái ma?

    Can you pick the kids up from school?

    Sentence #1516158 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 接 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 接 (jiē) with each of its parts in a different colour
接jiēto receive
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 妾concubine · qièSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 妾 (qiè) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiē.

How to write 接

接 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

接 (jiē) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 接 (jiē). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 接

Words with 接

接受jiēshòu · to accept直接zhíjiē · direct (opposite: indirect 间接)接着jiēzhe · next接待jiēdài · to receive (visitors or guests)接触jiēchù · to touch接近jiējìn · to approach迎接yíngjiē · to welcome衔接xiánjiē · to link up间接jiànjiē · indirect接连jiēlián · in succession

More words: Common Verbs

画huà · draw换huàn · change见面jiànmiàn · meet/see somebody教jiāo · teach结婚jiéhūn · get married结束jiéshù · to end借jiè · lend经过jīngguò · to pass

FAQs

接 (jiē) means “connect” or “to meet”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it jiē: jiē with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 接 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 接 from the suggestions. Typing jie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
接 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.