HSK 4 · Verbs

结果 jiéguǒ “result” in Chinese

Traditional 結果

What 结果 means

  1. result
  2. outcome
  3. in the end
  4. consequence
  5. as a result
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to kill
  • to dispatch

How to say 结果

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale结jié2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale果guǒ3rd tone, dipping

结果 in a sentence

  1. 他们对结果很满意。

    Tāmen duì jiéguǒ hěn mǎnyì.

    They are happy with the result.

    Sentence #782258 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我本来想给她打电话的，结果忘了。

    Wǒ běnlái xiǎng gěi tā dǎ diànhuà de, jiéguǒ wàng le.

    I meant to call her, but then I forgot.

    Sentence #499623 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他的成功是努力的结果。

    Tā de chénggōng shì nǔlì de jiéguǒ.

    His success is the result of hard work.

    Sentence #868349 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 结果 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 结 (jié) with each of its parts in a different colour
结jiéknot
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 吉lucky · jíSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 吉 (jí) hints at the sound. Compare it with jié.

Memory aidSilk 纟 tied into a knot. 吉 (jí) gives the sound: to tie, a knot.

The character 果 (guǒ) with each of its parts in a different colour
果guǒfruit
  • 田field · tián
  • 木tree · mù

Memory aidFruit 田 growing on a tree 木.

How to write 结果

结 9 strokes · 果 8 strokes

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

Words related to 结果

Words with 结

结婚jiéhūn · get married结束jiéshù · to end总结zǒngjié · to sum up结合jiéhé · to combine结实jiēshi · sturdy结账jiézhàng · to pay the bill结构jiégòu · structure结论jiélùn · conclusion巴结bājie · to fawn on冻结dòngjié · to freeze (assets

Words with 果

水果shuǐguǒ · fruit苹果píngguǒ · apple如果rúguǒ · if果汁guǒzhī · fruit juice效果xiàoguǒ · result果实guǒshí · fruit (of a plant)成果chéngguǒ · result后果hòuguǒ · consequences果然guǒrán · really果断guǒduàn · decisive

More words: Common Verbs

降低jiàngdī · to reduce交jiāo · to hand over接受jiēshòu · to accept节约jiéyuē · to economise进行jìnxíng · to advance禁止jìnzhǐ · to prohibit究竟jiūjìng · to go to the bottom of a matter举jǔ · to lift

FAQs

结果 (jiéguǒ) means “result” or “outcome”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jiéguǒ: jié with a 2nd tone, then guǒ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 结果 is written 結果. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jieguo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 结果 from the suggestions. Typing jieguo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
结果 is an HSK 4 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.